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| Tilson, R.; Nyhus, P.J.; Sriyanto,; Rubianto, A. | |
| Poaching and poisoning of tigers in Sumatra for the domestic market | |
| 2010 Book Chapter | |
The poaching of a tiger named c_in-cin emas _in our field site in Way Kambas National Park (Tilson and Nyhus, Chapter 30), and the bitter disappointment of seeing the perpetrators escape prosecution, led us to conclude that we were working in an information vacuum. To fill this data void, we initiated an innovative undercover study of illegal wildlife trade in Sumatra by focusing not on the magnitude of the problem across all of Sumatra, but rather on several unanswered questions that were critical to the tiger's survival: 1. Where was poaching primarily occurring? Inside national parks or outside national parks in less protected areas? 2. Who was responsible for poaching? Was it carried out on an _ad hoc _local basis or was it a function of organized crime syndicates? 3. Why was poaching occurring? Was it driven by local markets, for illegal international demand, or was it related to retribution for tiger-human conflict? Here we present the results of our study, and by reviewing and comparing our results to other studies also undertaken in Sumatra, we demonstrate poaching of tigers in Sumatra-particularly for the local market-is a more significant problem that earlier recognized. |
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