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Article: Last bid to save Sumatran tiger from extinction.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 30, 2004
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Byline: By Ceri Williams Western Mail
Habitat loss and illegal trade in animal parts threatens the Sumatran tiger - the last of Indonesia's tiger species, according to a new report.
It reveals that at least 50 Sumatran tigers have been poached each year between 1998 and 2002.
The latest population estimates made in 1999 show that there were only between 400 and 500 tigers left in the wild in Sumatra.
The report by Traffic, the ...