A team was deployed to search for the critically endangered cat after a man was found dead with wounds indicating a tiger attack.
A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said Saturday, the latest case of conflict between humans and the critically endangered species .There are only several hundred tigers on the western island of Sumatra left in the wild and they are often targeted by poachers for their body parts, while rampant deforestation has significantly reduced their habitat.
They reported the incident to the plantation management who deployed more people to search for the victim.The victim's body was later found with a severed right hand as well as bite wounds on his neck, Setiawan said.In February, at least four farmers in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh were attacked by Sumatran tigers in two separate incidents.
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