The Issue
The Sumatran Tiger known also as Panthera Tigris Sumatrae is endemic of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. As the smallest surviving subspecies [1] of tiger “distinguished by their heavy black stripes on their orange coat” [1] the Sumatran tiger has become critically endangered with estimations of a wild population of less than 400. A 1978 estimate from experts suggested there was 1,000 [2] Sumatran tigers but since then we have seen an estimated 60% decrease in the Sumatran tiger population from processes that lead to the Sumatran tigers endangerment.
Poaching is one of the Sumatran tiger’s immediate threats with fears that tiger poaching has “not declined significantly from the early 1990’s” [2]. With reports concluding that poaching for the illegal trade was “responsible for over 78% of Sumatran tiger deaths” and this can be estimated at least “40 per year and possibly higher” [3], poaching continues to be the biggest threat to the Sumatran tiger. Also, the legal system has allowed poaching to continue with only 4 convictions since 1997 for tiger poaching [4].
Continual poaching of the Sumatran tiger is due to demand of the illegal trade of tiger parts both domestically and internationally. Many of the Sumatran tiger body parts are collected; the most being the claws with 42% of market stalls observed selling them [3]. Mostly parts are sold to be used as Asian medicines such as bones crushed to form a powder which is taken with water to treat rheumatism and headaches, whilst other parts such as teeth and claws to make jewellery and some used as part of magic, rituals and folklore.
As well as killing the tigers themselves, destroying their habitat has proved costly for Sumatrans tiger’s population. Due to the increa...
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This method is effective because tiger corridors are successful in increasing the connectivity between national parks, but evidence also suggests that they are important for breeding with evidence of tiger cub tracks within the corridor. Another importance is the use of the corridor as home territories with evidence collected from the Tiger Conservation and Protection Unit for the Fauna and Flora International Sumatran Tiger Project [7] shows the importance of reducing the fragmentation of tiger habitat using tiger corridors. I would suggest this data is valid and reliable because the programme is lead by Joe Smith PhD who has a Master’s Degree in Wild Animal Biology from the Vetinary College and Institute of Zoology in London. His experience and education ensures that this project would be carried out correctly and the results would be both valid and reliable
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In Indonesia, 8.828 million hectares of forests have been destroyed (see appendix 2). Around fifty acres of forests are removed every minute, not o...
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