The West Sumatran capital, Padang, with about a million residents, is near the epicenter.

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Sumatran tigers are a critically endangered subspecies from Indonesia, of which fewer than 400 remain, according to the conservation group WWF.

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Edinburgh Zoo have replaced the Amurs with a young pair of Sumatran tigers.

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Scooter 16km north to the Elephant Safari Park at Desa Taro and marvel at the gentle beauty of rescued Sumatran elephants.

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He said the Sumatran tiger, which has lived at the park for 10 years since it was a cub, would not be destroyed.

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Work is under way to clone and otherwise increase the population of Sumatran rhinos, which presently number only about 200-300 in the wild.

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One picture from that Greenpeace link in particular says it all: a region of tropical Sumatran forest cleared with as much wide-scale devastation as if a tsunami had taken out every last tree.

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Sumatran tigers are also a critically endangered species.

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