GRAPHIC: ENDANGERED Tiger brutally killed in North Sumatra, hung from ceiling thinking it was a SHAPESHIFTER

Lion added that the residents were actually aware of its endangered status; however, they had heard rumors and feared that a siluman had been lingering in the village for over a month.

North Sumatra BKSDA head Hotmauli Sianturi said her agency had tried to prevent the killing days before. "We had talked to them [the residents], even involving the National Army [TNI] officers, but they still won't listen to us," she said.
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