Sumatran Tiger Trapped In Snare In Tebo Jambi Threatened To Be Amputated

JAMBI - A male Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris Sumaterae) caught in a snare in the Bungo Pandan People's Plant Forest (HTR) area, Tebo Regency, Jambi, is threatened with being amputated by one of its legs.

"The wound is quite serious and has been infected, because it has been entangled for 3-4 days and when it was taken to the treatment area, the condition of the six-year-old tiger was having a high fever," said Head of the Jambi BKSDA Agung Nugroho as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 21.

Lilitan tiring hingga membusi tulang kaki sebelah left depan. Akibatnya aliran darah terhenti menyebabkan jari-tip eks satungan terlindung tersebut berbos.

Tiger rescue was dramatic, had to use heavy equipment to open the bush gap, where tigers were caught in snares.

After cleaning it with heavy equipment, the field officers were only able to shoot the tiger's body.

After the doctor carried out the initial examination, the male tiger was immediately taken to the Jambi BKSDA Animal Rescue Center (TPS).

Currently, doctors and medical officers from the Jambi BKSDA are trying to handle infections so that infections are not severe and worsen the quality of tiger health.

"The amputation option is very open, but doctors are making efforts so that the bad probability does not occur and if it has to be amputated, of course the tiger will find it difficult to survive in the wild, especially this individual is a male who is naturally highly territorial.

"We are trying to keep the tiger safe and out of the critical zone, although the possibility of returning to normal will be difficult," he said.

Currently, the population of Sumatran tigers in the wild continues to decline due to habitat narrowing and conflicts with humans. The determination of the status of tigers into protected animals because their status is threatened with extinction, has not succeeded in stopping cases of tiger death.

According to data from the Jambi 2024 BKSDA, the remaining population of tigers was 183, of which there were around 150 Kerinci Seblat National Parks, 15 Berbak Sembilang National Park (TNBS) and the rest elsewhere.