There Are Five Traps Set By The Aceh BKSDA To Catch Tigers That Hurt Elderly Farmers

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JAKARTA - The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has installed five box traps to capture the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) that attacks residents of South Aceh Regency.

"Until now there have been additional trap boxes that we have installed, so there are five trap boxes. Then the team continues to monitor the movement of the tiger," said Aceh BKSDA Head Agus Arianto, Friday, March 18, quoted from Antara.

According to Agus, from information received by officers in the field, the tigers often appear in several locations in the plantation areas of Trumon District residents, South Aceh or outside protected forest areas.

Until now, officers continue to monitor the movement of these wild animals in the hope that they will be caught soon to be relocated to forest areas that are their habitat.

Previously, Agus said, his party had installed three trap boxes, but they had not been caught. Then also tried to use a stun gun to shoot in order to evacuate the animal from outside the forest area.

However, the efforts made since the beginning of February 2022 have not been successful, so the BKSDA still has to carry out handling in the field.

"We have installed five trap boxes at four points in the Trumon District, South Aceh, where tigers are often seen," said Agus.

In addition to installing a total of five box traps, the Aceh BKSDA has also dispatched a medical team to arrest the tiger using anesthetic weapons.

"I have ordered the medical team to go there again to monitor, if possible, it would be better if it was done with an anesthetic weapon," he said.

Of course, we hope that it will be better for the tiger to return to the forest area. Because later, even if we do rescue, we will also release it back into the forest, said Agus.

Previously, a 67-year-old farmer in Seulekat Village, Bakongan Timur District, South Aceh, was attacked by a tiger, Monday (7/2) afternoon, while harvesting oil palm in his garden.

The farmer's right arm, named Amrimus, was injured by the tiger's claws, so he had to be treated at a health facility.

"The victim had a reflex and hit the tiger with a palm harvesting tool, finally the tiger ran away from it," said the Head of the Conservation Section for Region II Subulussalam BKSDA Aceh Hadi Sofyan.