Bonfire of the endangered animals: Rare stuffed tigers and bears heaped on to pile and burnedDumped on to a pile and set alight, these stuffed carcasses are engulfed in flames after authorities in Jakarta confiscated them.
Officials in Jakarta seized hundreds of the endangered animals, which had all been slaughtered by poachers and then stuffed so that buyers could proudly display their senseless kill.
In total 258 animals from different 48 species - including 15 tigers, 2 sun bears and 48 deer - were destroyed.
The animals in question had all been killed by poachers before being stuffed and sold to be displayed in people's homes.
In Indonesia trading in or being in possession of certain protected animals or their body parts - such as the Sumatran tiger - is an offense.
Indonesia faces huge challenges as it tries to protect its myriad of wildlife.
Authorities have attempted to protect areas and conserve Indonesia’s wildlife - but many live outside these reserves, where they are threatened by logging, plantations and wildlife trade, according to Wildlife Conservation Society.
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