MEDIA reported that a family of Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) died in a wire netting trap in Aceh. They comprised a mother tiger and two cubs, male and female. This news is saddening because the conflict between humans and animals keeps occurring. We are increasingly unable to coexist with other creatures. Why? On innocent presumption, it is due to the struggle for living space.

Tigers are approaching population settlements as they