2 Cows Owned By Maua Agam Residents Allegedly Preyed By Tigers

ILLUSTRATION/discovering traces of the Sumatran tiger shocked residents of Solok Regency, West Sumatra (ANTARA/HO-private DOcuments)

AGAM - Two cows owned by residents of Maua Hilia, Jorong Kayu Pasak Timur, Nagari Salareh Aia, Agam, West Sumatra, were allegedly eaten by the Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae).

Cattle owner, Eki (37), said that one of his cows died after suffering a laceration to the buttocks, and another cow suffered injuries.

"The cow that died was female and the mother of the cow suffered injuries to the body," he said as reported by ANTARA, Sunday, January 29.

The incident was discovered when Eki was about to see a cow in a stable in the garden.

There were seven cows at that location. But when he arrived at the location, he did not see the seven cows. When searched, a dead cow lay lying.

"I immediately contacted the Salareh Aia Nagari Children's Patrol Team (Pagari) after finding my cow had died being preyed upon by a Sumatran tiger," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of West Sumatra, Ardi Andono, explained that the Pagari Salareh Aia Team had been at the location for field identification. The team also installed camera traps to monitor the presence of animals, their age, and their sex.

"A camera trap has been installed by the Pagari Salareh Aia Team at the location of the cattle attack," he said.

The Pagari Salareh Aia team also performed accompaniment using sounds around the location.

"We don't yet know the causal factor, whether it was lured by the livestock or other factors," he said.

Residents are advised to pen their livestock near their homes and make fires around the pens, not to go to their own gardens and avoid being in the garden at 17.00 WIB-09.00 WIB, so that the animals do not attack.