Sumatran tiger in zoo dies of old age

Sumatran tiger in zoo dies of old age

MEDAN, North Sumatra: A Sumatran tiger that had lived in Medan
Zoo for 15 years was found dead last week.

The 15-year-old tiger, named Tele, died of old age and not
because of lack of food, insisted Adios Gusri, the head of PD
Pembangunan, the municipal company that oversees the running of
the zoo. There are still five tigers left in the zoo.

There are about 400 Sumatran tigers throughout the world
today, many in zoos in Europe, Australia and North America. The
largest populations in the wild are found in national parks,
forest reserves and tiger conservation zones in Indonesia. -- JP