#Pinktober2025 Day 26 (a day late): #JavanTiger
This #tiger lived on the island of #Java & was smaller than most other Asian tigers. Several factors contributed to its demise, including habitat loss, loss of prey species to disease & poisoning, & overhunting. It was declared extinct in 2008.

‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback JAKARTA — Ripi Yanuar Fajar and his four friends say they’ll never forget that evening after Indonesia’s Independence Day celebration in 2019 when they encountered a big cat roaming a community planta...

Okay, someone put out a ton of camera traps and get an anti-poaching team out there. #JavanTiger @mongabay.bsky.social

I'm still pretty skeptical, but why not?