TIGERS KILLED 8 PEOPLE IN JAMBI IN 2009

Jambi, Dec 28 - (ANTARA) - Sumatran tigers killed a total of eight people in Jambi province in 2009, according to a record kept by Jambi's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA).

"Eight people were killed and three others injured in tiger attacks in 2009. One person survived such an experience with a tiger and three others were wounded by bears," the head of Jambi's BKSDA, Agung Widodo, said on Monday.

The agency had also recorded six conflicts between humans and wild animals (tigers and bears) that happened in a number of Jambi's districts in 2009.

The first human-animal conflict recorded by Jambi's BKSDA in 2009 was between three people and a bear in Lubuk village, Tanjung Jabung district. The three humans survived but were wounded.

The first case of a tiger attack in which the victim died happened in Pematang Raman village, Muarojambi district, and the second in Puding village, Muraojambi district. In the second case, two people were killed, and one person survived.

Two people also fell prey to tigers in a protected peatland forest in Sungai Gelam Pancoran subdistrict, Muaorijami district.

Later, another human was killed by a tiger in the Pal 10 area of Sungai Gelam subdistrict, Muarojambi district and the last tiger attack happened in Muara Mendak village, Bayung Lincir district in which two people died.

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