The Javan tiger is said to have become extinct several years ago. However, news related to the sighting of the Javan tiger still often appears in a number of areas.
Recently, news of the appearance of the Javan tiger came from Banjarnegara, Central Java (Central Java). A number of residents of Offer Village, Banjarnegara Regency, reportedly saw sightings of a herd of tigers in a rice field area.
The veracity of this information is not known for certain. The Central Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) is currently investigating the truth of the information by dispatching a team to Banjarnegara, where the tiger herd appeared.
However, the information on the appearance of tigers on the island of Java has caught the public's attention. This is none other than because the Javan tiger has long been extinct.
Reporting from the dlhk.jogjaprov.go.id page, the Javan tiger was declared extinct in the early 1980s. The beginning of the extinction of the tiger, which has the Latin name Panthera tigris Sondaica, was due to the clearing of forest land in Java in the 1800s to become plantations. More .....