Tigers spark fear in Jambi

Tigers spark fear in Jambi

JAMBI: Residents in a remote village in Tanjungjabung Barat
regency, Jambi province, have been gripped by fear over the past
few days after a number of Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris
Sumatraensis) were found to be roaming near their village.

Due to the situation, residents chose to stay indoors.

The head of the Jambi Natural Resources Conservation Board
(BKSDA), Maraden Purba, said that the tigers had started coming
close to Sungaigebar village as their habitat was shrinking due
to illegal logging and the conversion of forest land into
plantations.

In Jambi province, between two and three tiger attacks on
human beings occur each year. -- JP