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Article: SUMATRAN TIGER ON BRINK OF EXTINCTION.

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July 5, 2006
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Bandar Lampung, July 05 (ANTARA): Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sunatrae) in the Way Kambas National Park (TNWK) in Lampung province today number not more than 50, the chief of the local Natural Resources Conservatin Agency (BKSDA) Agus Haryanta said here on Wednesday.

"Latest data from the Lampung Wildlife Crime Unit (WCU) in 2003 indicate that the number of Sumatran tigers now is not more than 40 to 50," Agus Haryanta said at a function commemorating Tiger Day II here.

He said the Sumatran tigers are on the brink of extinction because of uncontrolable poaching and illegal logging in their habitat in Way Kambas National Park.

Thus, he ...

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