Tigers terrorize villagers in Jambi

Tigers terrorize villagers in Jambi

JAMBI, Jambi: Police here said on Thursday they are hunting at
least five Sumatra tigers that are terrorizing villagers from
Sungai Asam in the Kerinci regency.

Kerinci Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Edi Purwanto said a search
was underway after police and staff from the Kerinci Seblat
National Park discovered traces of at least five tigers near the
village, some 410 kilometers from Jambi city.

"The group of tigers has reportedly injured several villagers
working at a plantation and now local residents are afraid of go
to work there again," he said.

Edi said the tigers (Panthera tigris Sumatrae) had left the
national park due to continued illegal logging and the subsequent
loss of habitat.

He said the police would use tranquilizer to repatriate the
tigers in the national park.

Last month, two tigers were also found roaming at Sungai
Jernih and Sungaining villages in Sungai Penuh subdistrict. They
also attacked several local people. --Antara