Camera Catches Bulldozer in Sumatran Tiger Reserve

The World Wildlife Fund has released video it claims shows the illegal destruction of forest which is home to the rare Sumatran tiger. There are just over three thousand Sumatran tigers left in the wild.

The World Wildlife Fund released the video on Tuesday showing a male Sumatran tiger walking straight to the camera and sniffing it. But it is what the camera apparently captured the following week that has the WWF up in arms.

The heat-activated camera apparently recorded images of a bulldozer clearing trees for what the WWF says is an illegal palm oil plantation in the same location.

The video concludes with a sequence that was recorded the following day. It shows a Sumatran tiger walking through the devastated landscape.

Bukit Batabuh, where the WWF says the film was shot, was classified as a protected area by Riau Province in 1994, and no company can legally exploit the forest.

Since mid-2009, the WWF has installed video camera traps in Bukit Batabuh to study Sumatran tiger distribution, habits, and the threats they are facing. The wildlife corridor in the area makes it a crucial area for tiger conservation.

According to the WWF, there are as few as 400 Sumatran tigers left in Indonesia, and just over 3,200 tigers worldwide.

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[snuden75]

I really hope the whole humanity dies!! We are not worthy to live on this planet!!

[0PsycoDad0]

Chinese superstition has decimated these animals and other to extinction. How about changing this?

[megi1974]

Disgraceful

[BritRider27]

Disgraceful. Mankind needs to get a fucking grip! We are wrecking EVERYTHING.

[iThingy66]

what did the president of indonesia do about this? nothing

and i'm speaking as your people that voted for you at the last election

a bit of a regret for u Mr. president

may god be with u tigers

[RPasqual]

I try to stay supportive of the WWF; I'd like to know who the bulldozer belongs to? were they caught & jailed?