JAKARTA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers have been found dead at an area of protected forest in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, a local official confirmed on Wednesday.
The decaying bodies of a female tiger and two cubs have been found by local authorities in a forest situated in Meukek village, South Aceh District, where hunter traps were also found.
Aceh's Natural Resources Conservation Agency's Head Agus Arianto said that the agency is still investigating the case.
"We suspect that they were entangled. However, we are still investigating whether the snares were made for tigers or other animals," Arianto was quoted by state news agency Antara as saying.
The Sumatran tiger, the only surviving species of the Sunda Islands tiger, has been listed as a critically endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List since 2008. Enditem
