On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a plantation worker is brutally attacked and killed by an endangered Sumatran tiger.
Local police said they were informed on Friday that two workers at the acacia plantation had heard a colleague’s screams. This could not be found initially, but workers found tiger tracks instead. The missing 26-year-old’s body was later discovered with bite marks on the body and severed right hand, police said.
An animal protection team said they were searching for the animal on Saturday. The plantation in the central province of Riau where the worker was found dead is therefore in the tiger’s habitat.
Four farmers killed in February
In February, at least four farmers were killed in two attacks by Sumatran tigers in Sumatra’s westernmost province of Aceh. The big cats are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. The organization estimates that there are approximately 400 specimens left in the wild on Sumatra.
Source: Krone
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