A Sumatran tiger died trapped in Riau

Riau (8.10)-An adult Sumatran tiger died after entering the trap that is placed society on Thursday (09/30) in the village of Tanjung rains, District Sepahat, Bengkalis District. Precisely the scene was in the concession of PT. Sakato Pratama Makmur (Sinar Mas group) who entered the buffer zone of Biosphere Reserves in Giam Siak Kecil, Bukit Batu, Riau.

Tiger with a length of about 1.5 meters is dead after a few hours in a trap set these communities under the supervision of BBKSDA-Riau (Center for Conservation of Natural Resources) and YPHS (Sumatran Tiger Conservation Foundation.)

Human-tiger conflict in the region has claimed the life of a citizen named Sugiono (36 years) who Desa Tanjung rains on 20 September, 2010. At the time of the incident, the victim was working in the garden palm. Residents are upset because the victim did not return home until evening and then do a search of victims. Residents finally found the victim was in a state of lifeless with the wounds are very serious due to terkaman tiger.

The transformation of land in the surrounding area has caused narrowing of the tiger habitat is even more the region Biosphere Reserve buffer zone GSK-BB. Buffer zone should be managed sustainably to support ecosystem biosphere reserves was mainly allocated to the core zone as a conservation area.

Biosphere Reserve is divided into 3 management zones are interconnected, namely:

* Core area (Core Area) is a conservation area or protected area with adequate area, having a long-term legal protection, to preserve biodiversity and their ecosystems.
* Buffer Zone (Buffer Zone) is the region surrounding or adjacent to the core area and identified, to protect core areas from the negative impacts of human activities. Where only activities consistent with conservation objectives that can be done.
* Area of transition (Transition Zone) is the region surrounding the outermost and widest or adjacent to the buffer zone. Pengalolaan activities in a sustainable natural resource and sustainable development models promoted and developed.

After the fall of fatalities due to human-tiger conflict in the region, people filled a deep sense of fear because the tiger was still hanging around the settlement. Meanwhile, still no action has been done the authorities to handle the conflict. Some time after the incident, reported eating tiger livestock community. On 30 September 2010, finally a tiger into a trap that had been installed three days at the scene.

According to information gathered, the tiger entered the trap at about 7 pm and lasted several hours in the trap until it is estimated to die around 11 o'clock at night. According to the observations of the WWF team that fell to the scene, look behind the tiger's right leg was seriously injured due to toe, leaving only bones. Meanwhile, some stakeholders in the media statement stated that the wound in the foot tiger is sling meshes result from exposure to some time previously. Yet from the physical state of the wound is still visible red is suspected that a new injury.

The plan that was captured this tiger will be moved to existing forest block Senepis.Tidak medical treatment carried out immediately after the arrest of these tigers. And finally, the plan failed because the tiger was dead. Meanwhile, the forest block Senepis is not a safe area for tigers at this time because the region is also in keterancaman land conversion.

The intensity of human-tiger conflict in the region is very high. Final conflict occurred on August 8, 2010 in which a teenage resident Eagle's Nest Village Bengkalis District Jumrah dead tiger pounced. The location of the incident only within a radius of 8 kilometers from the area proposed to be region-Buluhala Senepis tiger conservation. Land clearing activities in the surrounding area has caused the tiger looking for prey to pemukiman.KAlau society continues to put a tiger trap like this, it is no longer the Sumatran tiger will become extinct. Need wisdom of all parties to protect what we have to be witnessed by our children and grandchildren someday. (Source: www.wwf.or.id, by Syamsidar, just added by PRIO)