14 DAY TRIAL // Sumatran tigers are currently listed as a critically endangered species, which is why conservationists will probably not take lightly to the news that one such big cat might soon be purposely killed in western Indonesia.
However, the people living in this part of the world maintain that the feline has recently gotten into the habit of hunting locals and killing them, which is why it must be killed before it gets the chance to make any more victims.
Information shared with the public says that, not long ago, a farmer working on a rubber plantation located in the proximity of the Batang Gadis National Park in North Sumatra province was attacked and killed by this tiger.
Furthermore, rumor has it that the very same big cat must be held accountable for five other attacks on plantation workers.
These five other attacks allegedly took place over the course of just one month, and the victims all ended up in the hospital. Still, they all somehow managed to survive the experience.
Sky News says that, following the death of the 32-year-old farmer, whose body was discovered at a distance of roughly one mile from the plantation, locals have taken it upon themselves to demand that authorities track down and shoot this big cat.
However, because of their being a critically endangered species, Sumatran tigers are presently protected by ongoing legislations. Thus, is appears that authorities in western Indonesia merely wish to find the animal and relocate it.
More so given the fact that, as several reports issued by conservationists show, Indonesia's Sumatran tiger population is now made up of roughly 400 such big cats, meaning that each and every one of them has to be protected in order to ensure the survival of the species.
Needless to say, some locals fear that, unless the tiger is killed, it will sooner or later return to this region and once again take up the habit of hunting farmers and plantation workers.