Much of Indonesia ’s wildlife is threatened by environmental pressures , along with the invariant peril of poachers . This includes some of Earth ’s most magnificent and rare of creatures , from the Sumatran rhino and Sumatran tiger to pangolins , orangutans , and the Borneo elephant . So , in a stand against the illegal wildlife trade , the country ’s authorities have set alight to a bundle of wildlife trophies – include animate being skins , ivory , and some surprised - front stuffed Sumatran tigers .
Officials from the Indonesian Forestry Ministry and Aceh ’s Nature Conservation Agency burnt the trophies in Banda Aceh , Indonesia on Monday , May 23 . They line the combustion as “ part of their movement to fight down illegal poaching . "
Sumatran tigersare the smallest surviving subspecies of tiger , with just 400 exist in the state of nature . Even so , an calculate 40 of these tigers die every year as a answer of sea poacher , account for about 78 percent of their death . As such , the regime has late up its plot by conducting raids , recovering numerous object from the illegal wildlife trade , admit the stuffed tigers as well as the other items show below , in the combat against the $ 19 billion illigal poaching diligence .
target from the animal wildlife barter late recover by the Indonesian government . Chaideer Mahyuddin / Stringer / Getty Images
In a similar move against the illegal wildlife craft , Kenya late do fire toits entire ivory stockpilein a record book - breaking event that saw 105 tonnes ( 115 tons ) of trafficked bone go up in smoke .
Nevertheless , the burn of tusk and other relic of the wildlife business deal remains a contentious issue among conservationists and authorities . For many it acts as a strong symbolisation of the regime ’s zero - tolerance stance against poaching and the wildlife trade . On the other hand , some arguethat removing the item from the commercial-grade market increase the scarcity of the objects and therefore further increase their market value .
Additionally , as was the case with Kenya last month , many feel it is often an empty gesture used to make the illusion authorities are addressing the issue .
