Riau Mitigation BBKSDA Sumatran Tigers In Siak

Riau BBKSDA conducted mitigation after the appearance of a tiger in Teluk Lanus Village (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA) conducted mitigation after the appearance of tigers in Teluk Lanus Village, Sungai Apit District, Siak Regency, Riau as reported by residents.

"Mitigation is a series of efforts to reduce disaster risk and rebuild a sense of security over public unrest regarding the emergence of protected animals in the area," said Head of the Riau KSDA Center, Genman S Hasibuan, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

Genman said the mitigation team was led by the Head of the Regional Conservation Section (SKW) I, Sugito and by bringing the team to the location of the negative interaction of the Sumatran tiger for rescue.

He said the appearance of the Sumatran tiger around the village was caused that Teluk Lanus Village was part of the landscape of the Kampar Peninsula and was one of the pockets of the Sumatran tiger.

"In Riau Province, the population of Sumatran tigers is the highest on the Kampar Peninsula," said Genman.

In the process, he explained, after the team arrived at the next location, the team coordinated and discussed with local residents and participated in observing the locations passed by Sumatran tigers.

"The information obtained by the team is that the Sumatran tiger is said to have eaten community livestock," said Genman.

Meanwhile, based on observations made by the mitigation team, several traces of the Sumatran tiger were found close to the community's chicken coop.

In addition, the mitigation team also carried out the process of collecting GPS coordinates around the location where tigers were reported.

"The result is that the Sumatran tiger appears in the status of the Limited Production Forest (HPT) area," explained Genman.

Selanjutnya, untuk membangun rasa aman bagi masyarakat aktivitas karena takut ke luar rumah. Tim yang turun kemudian melakukan pemasangan box trap, atas pertimbangan banyak temuan jejak harimau sumatra di lokasi.

Genman said, to lure Sumatran tigers to appear, his party used a goat bait that was placed in a box trap (trap box).

"Because the observations found many traces of tigers, the team decided to set a box trap in which a goat was baited," said Genman.

In addition, to monitor the movement of tigers when they appear, the team also installed three camera traps.

"Until now, based on the results of box traps and camera traps, it is known that the installation is still like the beginning of the installation," said Genman.