▲ Preservation solution containing confiscated tiger skin and fetus
In particular, they poached pregnant tigers, soaked four fetuses in a preservation solution, caught them, and shocked them.
On Monday, local forest workers and police raided homes in Pelahara, Sumatra, and arrested three men and seized preserved fetuses.
He also arrested two more men in charge of the seller and seized a tiger skin.
If he is found guilty of poaching a tiger, he will be sentenced to five years in prison and fined 100 million rupiah (851 million won).
The Sumatran tigers were estimated to be about 1,000 in the 1970s, but only 400 to 600 are left in the wild due to deforestation and continued poaching.
The 'regional conflict' between tigers and humans is also increasing due to habitat destruction.
In the Dempo district of South Sumatra, Sumatra tigers have been on the scene since mid-month, killing two people and wounding two others.
A tiger hit a campsite near Dempo Volcano last month on 16th last month, and a camper named Irpan (18) injured his head and back.
On the 2nd of this month, a coffee farmer named Marta (24) bite the tiger's right thigh, but saved his life. .
On the 6th, six farmers in the Dempo region were trapped overnight in their huts as they slept on their farms.
(Photo = AP, Yonhap News)