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Surabaya
Malang
Mount
Kawi Baluran
National Park Sadengan Meru
Betiri Reserve Ponorogo
Trowulan - Pandaan - Tretes
Purwoda di Botanical Garden
Mount Bromo
Kaliklatak
Sukamade Turtle Beach
Temples
Here
at the southeastern tip of the province is where
the last of the Javanese tigers sought refuge.
A hundred and fifty years ago the Javanese tiger
inhabited most of Java and was even considered
a nuisance in some populated areas. During the
late 1800s and early 1900s was hunted mercilessly
and its habitat destroyed by plantation builders.
By the beginning of the Second World War it survived
only in the most remote mountains and forests,
and today the last four or five live on the brink
of extinction. The government and the World Wildlife
Fund have mounted a determined effort to save
the tigers and their environment. Meru Beteri
is not simply a tiger reserve. Wildlife of all
kinds thrives here, the black panthers, leopards
and sea turtles.
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