A group of Indonesian men who spent four days trapped up a tree by Sumatran tigers were rescued Monday when wildlife experts induced the snarling creatures to leave, police said.
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The five were dehydrated, hungry and terrified following their ordeal which began Thursday when they sought refuge in the forest canopy after an attack by the tigers, which left a sixth man dead.
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They were hunting for rare wood used to make incense, but provoked the ire of the critically endangered animals when they accidentally killed a tiger cub in a trap set to catch antelopes and deer for food.
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A team of 30 rescuers, including police and soldiers, reached the men deep in the jungle in the north of Sumatra island Sunday — to find the ravenous tigers still circling the tree. They did not dare approach, so called in three local animal tamers. "The rescue team stood back while the tamers approached the animals and chanted some mantras," district police chief Dicky Sondani told AFP.
They were very lucky to still be alive cause so many people have died through that. They should thank their creator....
We hope to see more people rescued because no one deserves death in the whole of this world. We all just need to be careful with our lives.