This is the shocking and sad moment poachers selling the skin of Sumatran tigers were arrested in Pekanbaru, Indonesia on August 30.

Poachers have been arrested for killing and trading on the endangered tiger's fur.

A police spokesperson said Sumatran tigers were caught using snares, then shot with homemade weapons, before being gruesomely skinned for profit.

This file Video taken in The headquarters of the Indonesian National Police regional Riau province in Pekanbaru, on Agus 30, 2021, The Indonesia police special criminal investigation arrest a men on suspicion of poaching and trader Sumatran tiger and seized a skin taken from one of the rare animals. Head of the National Police Public Relations Division Regional Riau , AKBP Sunarto, said Sumatran tigers were caught using snares, then shot with homemade weapons and then peeled off the skin to be sold.