Amazing WWF Images of Tigress and Cubs in Indonesia
These amazing images below show a Sumatran Tigress and her cubs playing together in the Bukit Tigapuluh forest on Indonesia, an area that is due to be cleared by loggers. The pictures, caught by a WWF concealed camera, show that this area must not be harmed whilst one of the world’s most endangered animals is still using it as habitat.
The conservation charity, WWF, has recorded images of 12 rare Sumatran tigers, including a mother playing with cubs, in an Indonesian forest.
Leader of WWF’s tiger research team in Sumatra, Karmila Parakkasi, said –
What’s unclear is whether we found so many tigers because we’re getting better at locating our cameras or because the tiger’s habitat is shrinking so rapidly here that they are being forced into sharing smaller and smaller bits of forests. That was the highest number of tigers and tiger images obtained we’ve ever experienced.
The good news is that Indonesia has agreed to implement a two year moratorium on new forest clearance, though the deal has not yet been signed into law.The is great news for WWF charity officials who have campaigned solidly for a halt destruction of these diminishing forests.
WWF’s forest and species programme director, Anwar Purwoto, said –
This video confirms the extreme importance of these forests in the Bukit Tigapuluh ecosystem and its wildlife corridor. WWF calls for all concessions operating in this area to abandon plans to clear this forest and protect areas with high conservation value. We also urge the local, provincial and central government to take into consideration the importance of this corridor and manage it as part of Indonesia’s commitments to protecting biodiversity.
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