Two Sumatran tigers, Panti, a five year-old female and Buyung, a seven year-old male were captured by villagers in South Aceh province when they entered and stole livestock from the village.

The Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservancy and Safari Park took the animals into  custody and implanted them with micro chips that will allow officials to monitor their movements for the next 18 months.

The rare pair were then released into South Bukit Barisan National Park in Lampung province where they will join 45 other Sumatran tigers currently living in the park.

Dwindling of the Sumatran tigers’ habitat along with illegal poaching for their hides and body parts have decimated the species.

The World Wildlife Federation conservation group estimates that nearly 30 million acres of Sumatran forest have been cleared in the past 22 years, a loss of nearly 50 percent islandwide.

The Sumatran tiger is the most critically endangered of the world's tiger subspecies. Only an estimated four to five hundred remain on Sumatra.