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The Quality of Habitat, Influences the Aggressively of Sumatra Tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae)

May 10th, 2009. Published under Life Savers. No Comments.

Several months ago, nine people are reported killed because of Sumatra Tiger attack when they were in the forest, and this occurs only within a period of less than two months. This occurred in South Sumatra, Indonesia. This report of course is very surprising and forces us to give more concern and make a study or evaluation about its caused.

The Director of Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Forestry, Widodo Sukohadi, says there are may reason that triggering the aggressively of Sumatra Tiger therefore they attack human being.  Some of that is declining the quality of Sumatra Tiger habitat. The quality of habitat associated with the minimal conditions necessary for the animals breed naturally. Quality of habitat that supported them were biomassa of the natural food power and the availability of a convenient land coverings.

Other opinion states that increased of Sumatra Tiger aggressively also caused by a reduction in tiger prey in nature. Deer, as one of the main tiger prey, was hunted by human for their consumption. Meanwhile, the wild pigs are also to be hunted by human because they destroyed the people’s garden. In some locations, wild pigs eat the rice, tubers and corn, even destroy the plant oil palm. Therefore, local residents and even the local government intentionally hire professional hunters to hunt wild pigs.

If we think about this more profound, the increasing of Sumatra Tiger aggressively till they attack human is caused by human being them selves.   The decreasing quality tiger habitat, in this case is the forest, one of the reason is because the damage to forests due to illegal logging, land clearing, or forest fires due to increased air temperature.  Meanwhile, the reduction of tiger prey, the deer and wild pigs, also caused of human activity. Wild pigs may not be as a pest for people garden if the availability of food for wild pig is still on the optimal conditions.

If the people can maintain the nature balances, of course the nature ecosystem will be protected well, also the food chain.  The case above is more make us clear that the quantity of human threat to the wild life is increase significant.  Before everything is getting worst, let keep this preservation as well as possible.