A Resident Of Agam Saves The Injured Brontok Eagle, Handed Over To BKSDA

The Brontok eagle was injured and handed over by a resident of Agam to the West Sumatra BKSDA. (Between)

JAKARTA - A resident of Jorong Pasia Pangi, Nagari Tiku Selatan, Tanjung Mutiara District, Agam Regency, West Sumatra, Panca handed over one brontok eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) in a wound to the Maninjau Resort, Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) of the province, Saturday (24/6).

"I got the eagle bird in an oil palm plantation beside the house, Friday (23/6)," he said in Lubuk Basung, Sunday.

He said the eagle was standing around a palm oil tree and he tried to block it.

But the eagle did not fly and tried to approach to catch. After that, he saw the eagle in a wound on its tail and took it to the house.

"When I got home, I immediately treated the eagle and stored it in one of the rooms of the house while feeding the fish," he said.

He admitted that the eagle is protected by Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and their Ecosystems, so he tried to find the whereabouts of the West Sumatra BKSDA through social media.

After getting the contact number, he immediately contacted the BKSDA officer via the call center.

"I immediately contacted the number on social media to hand over the eagle," he said, quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Maninjau Resort BKSDA West Sumatra, Rusdiyan P. Ritonga, said officers were following up on reports of eagle animals being secured by residents.

Observation results are known to be female brontok eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) and indeed there are wounds on the tail.

"The auction was evacuated from residents on Saturday (24/6) and immediately taken to the animal health clinic in Lubuk Basung to get help," he said.

He added that the eagle will be released into its habitat when conditions are healthy later.

Rusdiyan thanked Panca for saving the animal.

Eagles are predators of snakes, monkeys, mice, other small mammals, birds, and fish.

These animals have an important role in the balance of food chains and ecosystems.

In accordance with Article 21 paragraph 2 of Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems.

The law states that everyone is prohibited from arresting, injuring, killing, possessing, storing, maintaining, transporting and trading protected animals, whether alive, dead, or their body parts and their processed products.