If you live in Indonesia, have a backyard that's at least one tenth the size of a football field and are willing to put down $100,000 dollars, you, an ordinary citizen, can adopt a "pair" of critically endangered Sumatran tigers, according to CNN. The initiative, based on a similar successful adoption initiative involving the once on-the-brink-of-extinction Balinese mynah bird, is one being considered by the Indonesian government. The tigers will remain property of the state and be closely monitored for any signs of sickness.

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Where have all the Tigers gone? According to CNN, "illegal poaching and an eighty percent loss of tiger habitat has caused

the number of Sumatran tigers to dwindle down to around 400 left in the


Experts and conservation officials predict the program will be a success specifically due to the amount of people living in Indonesia that desire to have tigers as pets. By making it possible for the public to care for live tigers, the population in the wild will be left alone to thrive. However, all agree that this is only a short-term solution to conserving the wild species.

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