REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG ARO - Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP) Management Authority's record shows that there are 165 Sumatran tigers living in its area. Head of KSNP Region IV in Jambi, M Zainudin said those tigers were spread throughout KSNP area.

There were 32 Sumatran tigers live in Jambi which borders with West Sumatra, 22 in Kerinci, 33 in Solok Selatan, Pesisir Selatan and Kerinci, Marangin and 10 others in Sipurak Bangko. "The number is based on our recording camera which installed in each location," he said on Saturday.

Unfortunately, this critically endangered species also found in human area such as at Sumatra Jaya Agro plantation Lestari. Humans can be the source of threat to tiger's life, as people snear and kill the animal. Zainudin said that the park would put the tigers back to the forest where they belonged. 

The national park has the highest population of tigers in the island and Global Tiger Initiative recognizes the park as one of the 12 most important protected areas in the world for tiger conservation. But it is feared that the tigers will follow the fate of their relatives, Javan and Balinese tigers which are in extinction today.

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