A tiger has been shot dead and another is still on the loose after killing a zookeeper and escaping their enclosure on the island of Borneo.
The critically-endangered Sumatran tigers broke free of the zoo in the territory after wild weather moulded an escape route.
A landslide triggered by days of torrential rain in the Indonesian West Kalimantan territory of the island paved the way for the animals to flee Singkawang's Sinka Zoo.
A 47-year-old zookeeper was discovered dead with scratches and bite wounds on his body on Friday, Australia's ABC reports.
They also found a cassowary, an ostrich and a monkey dead nearby.
Authorities set off in pursuit of the two 18-month-old tigers as the island closed nearby tourist attractions.
Sadtata Noor Adirahmanta, the head of a local conservation agency told the AFP news agency they were forced to shoot one of the tigers dead.
"We tried with a tranquilliser gun first but it didn't work, so we were forced to shoot the tiger because it was already behaving very aggressively," Sadtata said.
Authorities were continuing to search surrounding jungle for the second tiger, which remained at large on Saturday.
Police and conservation officials reportedly set up a cage with a live animal inside in hopes of luring the tiger into captivity.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers are estimated to be alive today.
They are now found roaming wild only in Sumatra's forests, now that tigers in two other major Indonesian islands, Java and Bali, are extinct.
Indonesia bans hunting the endangered animals, and engages in anti-poaching activity.
But Sumatran tigers face a continued threat from poachers, as there remains a lucrative market for their body parts in some Asian markets.
