Ways to Help

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/stop-wildlife-crime

http://www.tigertrust.info/sumatran_tiger_stcp.asp

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/publications/newsletter/saving-tigers


Video covering some key points: (a little graphic)

Reasons Sumatran Tigers are Endangered

  The cause of the decrease in population of the Sumatran tigers is habitat and prey loss at in incredibly fast rate, and poaching that seems to be doing anything but declining. Poaching is responsible for approximately 78% of their deaths. There is no evidence that shows  decrease in poaching so every year, 40 Sumatran tigers die.
  Deforestation is also a severe problem. Their habitats have been destroyed for agriculture, plantations, and settlement. therefore, the tigers have to migrate for food so they move to human occupied areas and eat their livestock. Several people have come in contact with these tigers and some of them were attacked. Another problem is people will harvest timber illegally and it is on the rise.
  "With so much deforestation and poaching in the Sumatra, wild tigers face a vey difficult furfure, but we have the tools available to reverse their decline if the clearance of their forest can be halted" (Dr. Barney Long).

 

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) monitors the tigers with hidden cameras. This video is footage of what they caught. WWF tries to help these endangered tigers by making land-use plans, protecting their habitats, and as I mentioned above; monitoring them with cameras. Sumatran tigers niche is to keep the population of deer and wild boars under control.   

About them

 

Sumatran Tigers or scientifically know as Panthera Tigris Sumatrae, are critically endangered and their population is less than 400. A Sumatran tiger usually weighs anywhere from 165-308 lbs. and they have thick black stripes on their orange coats. They are the smallest living tiger that is able to survive. These tigers live in tropical broadleaf evergreens, forests, peat swamps, and/or freshwater swamp forests. The Sumatra island is the only place where tigers, rhinos, orangutans, and elephants live together.