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Good find Singo. This article was published today on the site of the NOS (Dutch national broadcasting channel):

https://nos.nl/artikel/2220815-zeldzame-sumatraanse-tijger-gedood-en-aan-plafond-genageld.html

The article has a video (1:49). Both the subtitles and the article are in Dutch. 

Here's the story. Apparently, a tiger had been lingering near a village in the northern part of Sumatra (Atjeh) for some time. When it was found sleeping underneath a house in the village, the villagers decided to scare the animal away. For some reason, the tiger was killed with a spear. When the authorities visited the village, they found the dead tiger hanging in the community house. Parts of the skin and some of the teeth and claws were missing (see the video).

There will be an inquest. The tiger, a male, was burned.

A few weeks ago, I saw a BBC-documentary about forest people in Kerinci (central part of Sumatra). The place where they had been seen almost 20 years ago was found, but the region had changed completely. Most members of the tribe still live in the forest, but they had adapted to modern life. 

Sumatra is changing fast. In the last two decades, the number of people has grown significantly. Many forests have been cut. Palm oil took over, but it didn't produce wealth for all. Poverty is everywhere and so is poaching. Sumatra still has 300-800 tigers, but they, apart for some remote regions, don't seem to have a future. Reply