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  • Group rescued after five days trapped in trees by angry tigers

    07/08/2013 5:13:41 AM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 48 replies
    Globe and Mail ^ | Jul. 08 2013, 7:23 AM EDT | AP
    Rescuers on Monday reached five men trapped in trees by several Sumatran tigers for five days after the angry animals mauled a sixth man to death, police said. First Lt. Surya Purba said three tamers managed to drive the tigers away before the men who were in weak condition were evacuated from trees in the protected Mount Leuser National Park in Tamiang, an Aceh district neighbouring with North Sumatra province. The men were looking for rare agarwood — used to make incense and perfume — and accidentally caught a tiger cub in a trap they were using to catch deer...