Second Indonesia Tiger Attack in Days, Hunt Ongoing
The attack left both victims with serious injuries to their heads, hands and feet.
BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com \- A Sumatran tiger attacked and injured two farmers in a small Indonesian town Wednesday, Feb. 1, the second such attack in days, as officials vowed to capture the big cat or cats responsible. The latest attack took place in a protected forest reserve in Aceh province – which sits on the the northern tip of Sumatra island, in the country's west – at about 2:00 a.m. local time. Sumatran tigers – targeted by poachers for their body parts – are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with fewer than 400 believed to remain in ...