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Sumatran tiger or Panthera tigris sumatrae is a critically engdangered species (photo file).
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Online market apparently contributed to the tiger extinction in Indonesia, the activist of HarimauKita Forum, HA Wahyudi, said, it traded tiger’s organ in cyber world. “Internet contributes to the increasing of poaching and trading of Sumatran Tiger and its organs,” Wahyudi said.
He explained that tiger could maintain the balance of ecosystem in Indonesian forests. HarimauKita Forum expects the tiger trade to reach zero percent by the end of 2012. The organization also invites people to report the tiger organ trade in internet.
Editor: Yeyen Rostiyani
Reporting: Satya Festiani
Source: Antara
