I just wanted to make sure you saw the heart-breaking news. A young Sumatran tiger was found caught in a wild animal snare on Asia Pulp & Paper concession land in Indonesia. Nearly starved to death and clinging to life, the young tiger didn’t make it. That means we have one less left in the wild. That’s why I’m asking for your help. We can stop APP in their tracks, but to do so takes resources.

For just 33 cents a day you can save the remaining tigers, the forests and our planet.
-Rolf

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One more, gone. I just found out that a Sumatran tiger was found on Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) land, clinging to life with its paw caught in a wild animal snare. By the time staff and volunteers on the ground reached the young male, his front leg was mangled from his struggle to free himself from the trap. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he was severely dehydrated and all but starved to death.

I wish we could say we were able to save him, but the tiger died despite rescue efforts. This is heart-breaking news I’d hoped I wouldn’t have to deliver to you.

Making matters worse, while this poor animal struggled and starved in his trap, deforestation was going on nearby. That’s right, while volunteers watched the last life drain from the tiger during rescue efforts, bulldozers were mowing down the forest for APP next door to the tragic scene. 

We are losing these tigers. APP isn’t showing any signs of stopping their destruction of forests, the forests the last 400 tigers depend on to survive.

Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve made huge strides toward protecting their forest homes these last few weeks! But this recent death is a sobering reminder of the daily threats to tigers. We need to redouble our efforts to save the lives of Sumatran tiger parents and cubs and make every day count in the difficult fight ahead.


With your help, we’ll fight to protect these last tigers by saving their forest homes, keeping them far from poachers, traps and other human hazards.

How bad is it? Every day, an area of Indonesian rainforest half the size of Manhattan is destroyed.

Paper companies like APP will keep destroying tiger forests every day until they learn that huge companies around the world – like Nestle, Kraft and Staples – will avoid business with them unless they clean up their act. We’re working hard to make sure companies around the world understand that rain forest destruction is bad for business. After releasing a “Barbie Breakup” video viewed well over a million times, unfurling giant banners at Mattel’s headquarters, earning world-wide media attention and sending them more than 60,000 letters – Mattel has said they will take steps towards cleaning up their supply chain. But Indonesia’s rainforests- and the last tigers that call them home- need them to follow up those words with action.

Protecting Sumatran tigers requires reliable resources, and we can’t afford to lose one more now that momentum is on our side. Thanks to support from people like you, we have made great progress. But with just approximately 400 left, survival of every tiger and every tiger cub matters. The Bali tigers went extinct in the 1950s. The Java tigers went extinct in the 1980s. We can and must put an end to devastating extinction crisis.

When we kicked off this campaign, we spoofed the Barbie brand, using humor to expose a very serious problem. This footage brings that seriousness into sharp focus. We need a base of sustained support only you can provide to keep up the pressure up and safeguard tigers in Indonesia.

Thank you for your support. Together, we’ll win this fight.

– Rolf