Endangered Tigers Caught on Tape

Monday, 09 May 2011 | by Pat's Picks

When I was in India a month ago we had the great privilege of spotting a tiger in the wild in Ranthambore National Park. So I was unduly excited this morning to see that the World Wildlife Fund had captured some very rare video of tigers and their cubs. The video footage is being released to draw attention to the fact that the territory of these tigers in Indonesia is about to be cleared by a forestry company.

The Jakarta Post says it’s extremely rare to see evidence of so many tigers, especially evidence of three cubs that have survived in the wild. Explained a WWF expert: “What is unclear is whether we found so many tigers because we’re getting better at positioning our cameras or because the tigers’ habitat is shrinking so rapidly here that they are being forced into sharing smaller and smaller bits of forests.” Check it out:

Sumatran Tigers on Camera Trap from WWF on Vimeo.