Tiger cub video triggers WWF forest protection call
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Environmental conservation group WWF has called on timber firms to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where infra-red cameras have captured footage of rare Sumatran tiger and their cubs.An AFP report said the video recorded in March and April shows two mother with four cubs and another six of the critically endangered big cats in the Bukit Tigapuluh wildlife reserve in eastern Sumatra.The report said the 12 tiger are concentrated in locations with good forest cover, which includes natural forest inside a land concession belonging to Barito Pacific Timber, wood supplier to regional giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP).”This video confirms the extreme importance of these forests in the Bukit Tigapuluh ecosystem and its wildlife corridor,” the WWF’s Forest and Species Programme Director Anwar Purwoto was quoted saying.”WWF calls for all concessions operating in this area to abandon plans to clear this forest and protect areas with high conservation value.”There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tiger left in the wild, among a global tiger population of just 3,200 – down from 100,000 a century ago.Thirteen countries host fragile tiger populations – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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