The 'worst Solution' For Tigers At Bandung Zoo That Lack Food

BANDUNG - Singapore's media, The Strait Times reported, Sumatran tigers and Javan leopards at the Bandung Zoo, are short of food. A worst-case scenario is prepared to anticipate food shortages.

The zoo is calculating the possibility of 'sacrificing' some of its animals to feed others. This place is indeed going through difficult times due to the policy of closing operations due to the blight of COVID-19 since March 23.

The 850 animals that are here, have been reduced from normal food rations. If the pandemic is still long over, the zoo is expected to run out of food in July.

"We have about 30 dotted deer, and we have identified old and unproductive deer (which can no longer be reproduced) to be slaughtered to save carnivores, such as the Sumatran tiger and Javan leopard," said zoo spokesman Sulhan Syafi'i. , Friday, 22 May.

An endangered Sumatran tiger named Fitri, is now only given 8kg of meat every two days. Down two Kg from normal habits. A zoo needs more than 400 kg of fruit per day and 120 kg of meat every day. Syafi'i said they now depend only on donations to keep the animals alive.

However, even though these animals have reduced food rations, the zoo still pays attention to their nutrition. They guarantee that they still meet animal welfare standards even though they are minimum.

It's not just tigers and tigers who are hungry. Endangered primates can get angry and throw things when they are still hungry but their food rations are up.

"The food is gone, but they still want to eat," said the orangutan guard, Aep Saepudin.