So, apparently, this is not the first time it has happened?!
If you don't know, palm oil comes from the seeds of palm trees and is an extremely lucrative business in South-East Asia. BUT, it's responsible for the devastation of rainforests and loss of natural habitats of many animals over there, including orangutans and tigers. The actual oil is used in a lot of things, from cosmetics to cooking and biofuel. It's a controversial topic and there have been calls to boycott anything that lists palm oil as an ingredient.
Tiger Kills Palm Oil Farmer in Indonesia!
A tiger has attacked and killed an Indonesian man as he worked on a palm oil plantation, one of the crops blamed for stripping the big cats' habitat, an official says.
The Sumatran tiger severely mauled the 35-year-old man on Tuesday in Bengkalis district of Riau province, local conservation agency head Danis Woro said. "He was working on his palm oil plantation when a tiger suddenly appeared and attacked him," he told AFP on Thursday.
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