JAKARTA - The Bengkulu Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) set three traps to catch a tiger that preyed on a resident and one cow in the Teras Terunjam District, Mukomuko Regency.
"Yes, there are three traps to evacuate tigers installed in a number of places in the Mukomuko Regency area, then we will monitor their movements," said Head of the Mukomuko Damin Regency BKSDA in a statement in Mukomuko, Saturday.
He said this after the installation of tiger traps in Setia Budi Village, Teras Terunjam District, while the other two traps were installed in Tunggal Jaya Village and Mekar Jaya Village.
The BKSDA set three traps after a resident of Tunggal Jaya Village, Teras Terunjam District, named Ibnu Oktavianto (22) was found dead in Ari Cahyono's oil palm plantation on Tuesday (7/1) night at around 23:30 WIB.
Then, one cow belonging to Deden Nurjamil, a resident of Mekar Jaya Village, Teras Terunjam District, which borders Tunggal Jaya Village, was found dead as a result of being eaten by a tiger.
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He said his party was continuing to monitor the movement of tigers that preyed on a resident and one cow in the Teras Terunjam District because their movements were out of control.
He added, after the tiger preyed on the residents of Tunggal Jaya Village, then the tiger preyed on cows belonging to residents of Mekar Jaya Village, now the tiger crosses into the Setia Budi Village area.
According to him, the tiger moved because its range was still within a radius of 50 kilometers, he said.
He said that the tiger that preyed on a resident and the cow was one male, including a tiger that entered the Pondok Kopi Village area, was the same individual.
Installation of this tiger trap, he said, for 21 days, while monitoring movement, if it does not enter the trap, then the time will be added.
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