Indonesia (RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK) : Javan & Balinese tigers are extinct — are Sumatran tigers next ?

 

We have a question for you : What’s the most ferocious thing in the Indonesian rainforest ? If a big orange cat with stately whiskers, sleek stripes, and piercing eyes came to mind, you might have been thinking of the Sumatran tiger, the smallest tiger in the world.

But to be honest, we think what’s even scarier than an apex predator are the bulldozers and intentional forest fires that do further damage to this already fragile habitat. The land which is home to the fewer than 400 remaining Sumatran tigers is being ransacked and sacrificed for the production of Conflict Palm Oil. And if we don’t act to stop deforestation at the source, it will continue to happen in critical forest habitats around the planet. The Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra is unlike any place in the world. It’s the only place where tigers live alongside elephants, orangutans and rhinos. In order to celebrate International Tiger Day in the years to come, we need to make sure that the next generation of Sumatran tigers can continue to survive. On days like these, we learn and remind ourselves of the beauty, and irreplaceability, of the world we’re working to save. These are the stakes: our damaged planet will not heal so quickly if we don’t protect it now. The Javan and Balinese tigers have already gone extinct. They’re gone forever. Will you help keep Sumatran tigers from disappearing too? Help protect tigers by giving to our work Rainforest Action Network is working tirelessly to hold the world’s largest corporations responsible for using the Conflict Palm Oil that threatens the Leuser Ecosystem. Can we count on your help in this fight? Pressuring corporate giants like Procter & Gamble and Mondelēz to get Conflict Palm Oil out of their supply chains takes time and strength. All of our progress up to this point has been thanks to you — your support would literally mean the world, . We’re not going to be scared of corporate deforesters : we’re going to fight them, and we’re going to win ! Fight back against deforestation In honor of International Tiger Day, commit to the fight to protect rainforests. On behalf of the tigers, on behalf of all animals and communities that rely on the continued existence of rainforest habitat, we thank you ! Daniel Carrillo Forest Campaign Director Rainforest Action Network

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