To Be Seen More, The Ragunan Wildlife Park BRINGs Komodo To Become A New Animal 2023

The manager of the Ragunan Wildlife Park has prepared the presence of the Komodo dragon as the newest collection of animals in 2023. This step is to increase the attractiveness of residents visiting tourist attractions in South Jakarta.

"Later, InshaAllah will come, namely a pair of Komodo dragons and several other types of animals," said Head of the Ragunan Wildlife Park Management Unit, Endah Rummiyati when met in Jakarta, Friday, February 3, as reported by Antara.

Endah explained that the presence of the Komodo dragon was part of the animal exchange conducted with the Bogor Indonesian Safari Park (TSI).

With the Komodo dragon, the types of animals in Ragunan Wildlife Park are increasingly diverse among the two thousand existing collections and are attracting visitors.

"We have 2,275 animals consisting of several Indonesian endemic animals such as anoa, elephants and Sumatran orangutans," he said.

As for collections from abroad, one of them is a giraffe from the African savana desert.

Not only that, Endah increased the number of animals in 2022 to 2,275 with the presence of young giraffes and newborn elephants.

The birth of these two giraffe cubs could be influenced by the reduced number of visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, so that animals are more freely active.

"During this pandemic, the number of visitors has decreased. The animals have become more prosperous, many have reproduced and many have been born because they are not disturbed," he said.

He added, the treatment of pregnant animals is a top priority. Officers pay attention to consumption intake so that young animals are born healthy.

On the same occasion, Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono gave the name of a giraffe calf, namely Tazoo and an elephant named Unggul at Ragunan Wildlife Park, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. Heru said, the two animals had the same birth date, namely September 5, 2022. Currently, the Ragunan Wildlife Park is inhabited by 2,275 animals and is over 20,000 trees overgrown.

The land is 147 hectares arranged and partly still being developed towards a modern zoo as the identity of the City of Jakarta.