FILE - A five-year-old Sumatran tiger, crouches next to her two-month-old cubs inside a cage at the Bali Zoo in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to have dwindled to about 400, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)
THREE critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Sumatra island in the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to have dwindled to about 400, authorities said.
A female and a male tiger were found dead on Sunday with leg injuries caused by a snare trap near a palm oil plantation in East Aceh district of Aceh province, said local police chief Hendra Sukmana.
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