November
17, 2018
A rare
Sumatran tiger that was trapped beneath the floor of a shop for three days has
been rescued, an Indonesian official said Saturday.
The
three-year old male was freed from the 75 centimetre (30 inch) crawl space on
Burung Island in Riau province at about 1:50 am, the local conservation agency
said.
"After
the tiger was successfully put to sleep we opened up part of the shop's
foundation to do the evacuation," Suharyono, head of the Riau conservation
agency, told AFP.
The
80-kilo (180-pound) animal was treated by veterinarians for minor wounds on its
legs and cracked canines, officials said.
The big
cat became stuck between two buildings in the densely populated market area on
Wednesday before freeing himself and then becoming trapped again beneath the
building.
Video
footage showed the tiger lying on its belly between two concrete foundations,
unable to move.
The tiger has been transported to a
rehabilitation centre.
Sumatran
tigers are considered critically endangered by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature.
There are
fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild and environmental activists say
they are increasingly coming into conflict with people as their natural habitat
is rapidly deforested.
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