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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Sick Sub-Human Poachers Kill & Skin Sumutran Tiger in Zoo

Filed under: Animal Welfare — Dr. Christopher Blackwell @ 14:11

 Tiger

“Sheila, who had been the only Sumatran tiger remaining at the zoo, was killed and skinned on zoo grounds after being drugged by poachers early on Saturday, leaving virtually nothing behind except the innards and a few ribs of the animal, which is critically endangered in the wild. ‘There is no doubt that the killers were professionals because they did their job very cleanly, taking off the skin in the enclosure rather than dragging the 100-kilogram animal out, which could have attracted attention,’ said Didy Wurdjanto, the head of the Jambi Natural Resources Conservation Center.” There is discussion that the poaching could have been an inside job. There are  believed to be between 100 and 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. Sickening sub-humans who don’t deserve life…

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