BKSDA Defends Animals Protected By Maluku Nuri At Yos Sudarso Port

A marine protected by Maluku parrots was secured by the Maluku BKSDA forest police, at the Port of Yos Sudarso Ambon, Maluku Province, Wednesday (1/2/2023). (PHOTO BETWEEN/HO-BKSDA Maluku)

MALUKU - The Maluku Province Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has secured a Maluku parrot protected animal (Eos Bornea) from a KM passenger. Sirimau while anchored at the Port of Yos Sudarso Ambon. This Maluku parrot was secured from passengers who had just boarded from the Port of the Sea Yos Sudarso Ambon on the 3 KM deck. Sirimau who was about to go to Kupang, NTT, leh our forestry police officer while conducting surveillance,” said the Maluku BKSDA Forest Police, Seto, in Ambon, Antara, Wednesday, February 1. He said the Maluku parrot was found in the passenger's green plastic bag. "After being asked where the bird came from, the passenger said that the bird was a gift from a friend who was brought in as a souvenir and not for sale," he said. According to him, the Maluku BKSDA forest police only provided an understanding regarding Law No. 5 of 1990 concerning Ecosystem Natural Resources Conservation (KSDAE). “ And the owner of the bird voluntarily finally handed over the bird to the Forestry Police of the Port Post Yos Sudarso Ambon for safekeeping, he said. Currently, he said, the bird has been taken and handed over to the animal nurse officers in the Kandang of the Animal Conservation Center (PKS) to be quarantined and rehabilitated before being released back into its natural habitat. "The bird is also in good health and unpainted," he said. Based on the provisions of Law no. 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and their Ecosystems, it is stated that anyone who deliberately catches, injures, kills, keeps, owns, maintains, transports, and trades protected animals alive; (Article 21 paragraph (2) letter a), is threatened with a maximum imprisonment of five years and a maximum fine of Rp. 100 million (Article 40 paragraph (2)), said Seto.