First
footage of Sumatran tigress and her cubs in Sembilang National Park, Indonesia.
November 2012. Two wild tiger cubs have been caught on camera in the Sumatran
forest - the first ever footage captured of young tigers in a previously
unexplored National Park.
Conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have spent four years in Berbak National Park, studying tigers using camera traps in known tiger spots. But it isn't until now that they've monitored the neighbourhood region of Sembilang, and discovered evidence of breeding in this protected area.
Just 300 Sumatran tigers left alive in the wild
The footage of these big cats shows the mother casually walking past the camera, closely followed by her youngsters, who are thought to be less than a year old. A rare occurrence considering there are only around 300 of the endangered wild animals left in the world, as they remain under great threat from poaching and human destruction of their habitat.
ZSL's head of regional conservation programmes, Sarah Christie says: "This is the best early Christmas present, and we are absolutely delighted to find the first evidence of breeding in Sembilang. We will continue working with leaders of both national parks as well as the government to ensure the areas are better protected and well patrolled," Sarah added.
Dr. Dolly Priatna, ZSL's Indonesia country manager added: "This is a key area for Sumatran tigers. If they are saved, everything connected to them is also saved, including the Asia's last great forests, whose carbon storage alleviates climate change."
Read on: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/sumatra-tiger-video.html
Conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have spent four years in Berbak National Park, studying tigers using camera traps in known tiger spots. But it isn't until now that they've monitored the neighbourhood region of Sembilang, and discovered evidence of breeding in this protected area.
Just 300 Sumatran tigers left alive in the wild
The footage of these big cats shows the mother casually walking past the camera, closely followed by her youngsters, who are thought to be less than a year old. A rare occurrence considering there are only around 300 of the endangered wild animals left in the world, as they remain under great threat from poaching and human destruction of their habitat.
ZSL's head of regional conservation programmes, Sarah Christie says: "This is the best early Christmas present, and we are absolutely delighted to find the first evidence of breeding in Sembilang. We will continue working with leaders of both national parks as well as the government to ensure the areas are better protected and well patrolled," Sarah added.
Dr. Dolly Priatna, ZSL's Indonesia country manager added: "This is a key area for Sumatran tigers. If they are saved, everything connected to them is also saved, including the Asia's last great forests, whose carbon storage alleviates climate change."
Read on: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/sumatra-tiger-video.html
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