The Indonesian government says poaching means the big cat is at serious risk of disappearing for good.
The tiger is already endangered and the country's Natural Resources Conservation Agency says 33 tigers are killed each year.
Gone by 2014
Local people reportedly use the bones from the tigers for medicines, and make jewellery out of the claws.
And its habitat is in danger too because of illegal logging.
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