
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to have dwindled to only about 400.
A female and a male tiger were found dead with leg injuries caused by a snare trap near a palm oil plantation in East Aceh district of Aceh province, according to police chief Hendra Sukmana.