Number Of Sumatran Tigers Dwindles Rapidly With Fear Of Going Extinct In 21St Century

A Sumatran tiger stands on a tree at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. There are only around 250 of the cats left in the wild, compared to about 1,000 in the 1970s, according to the World Wildlife Fund, meaning that the Panthera tigris sumatrae could become the first large predator to go extinct in the 21st century. <AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara>