West Java BBKSDA Cancil From Residents In Bojongpicung-Cianjur

CIANJUR - The West Java Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA) has secured a small type of protected animal which was handed over by residents of Cibarengkok Village, Bojongpicung District, Cianjur, West Java. Later this animal will be released into its natural habitat.

West Java BBKSDA The Cianjur Resort received a report from residents on social media who found a cancil. This animal's status is protected animals and is mostly found in protected forests in the Cianjur area, including in the Bojongpicung sub-district.

"For the Cianjur region, there are many habitats for protected rare animals such as cans, Javan eagles, Javanese gibbon and forest cat. So we intensify socialization so that residents do not catch or hunt these animals because they are protected by law," said West Java BBKSDA Officer Cianjur Andri, Wednesday, September 28, as reported by Antara.

After being secured from residents, said Andri, the cancil that is still wild will be released into the Talaga Warna Nature Reserve area, Puncak-Cianjur because the area is included in its habitat.

His party also appealed if residents found rare animals to be able to directly contact the West Java BBKSDA at the Cianjur resort.

"We have been greatly helped by residents' reports regarding the findings or protected animals roaming the residents' villages, so that we can evacuate them and after captivity they are immediately released back into their habitat," said Andri.

The head of Cibarengkok Village, Asep Jalaludin, said that since the last few years his residents have often found rare animals such as canciles and forest cats entering residents' villages or field areas to find food because their habitat is starting to get disturbed or damaged.

"This is not the first time our residents have found a small house, a few months ago residents found a forest cat trapped in a field belonging to a resident. We hope that there will be special attention from the government or related officials so that no individuals damage the forest let alone enter the forest," he said.

He explained that the small ones that were arrested by residents when they entered the village were looking for food because their natural habitat had been disrupted by plantation development. Previously, residents had also caught forest cats and small ones trapped in people's fields while looking for food.