Sumatran tiger caught in a trap

Sumatran tiger caught in a trap

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A wild Sumatran tiger caught in a
trap in a protected forest area in West Lampung should be
returned to its habitat and not sent to the Indonesian Safari
Park, local police said.

"After its injuries have healed, I think it would be better to
let the tiger immediately return to the place where she belongs,"
West Lampung police chief Lt. Col. Andayono told reporters here
Saturday.

The tiger was caught in a trap made of steel wires on Thursday
in a protected forest west of Fajar Bulan Village in Sumberjaya
subdistrict, about 200 kilometers northwest of Bandar Lampung.
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