The Latest In Makmur Village, Tigers Recorded Has Fallen 12 Cattle Residents In Mukomuko

The cows that were attacked were in Mukomuko (Via ANTARA)

MUKOMUKO - Around 12 cows in Gajah Makmur Village, Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu, were found dead from being eaten by tigers since 2019 until now. "The information is from the village head and the Kanopi NGO, not from the BKSDA," said Head of the Bengkulu Conservation Forest Management Unit (KPHK) Asep Sunandar when contacted from Mukomuko, Antara, Sunday, April 2. The latest case of tigers preying on cows occurred in Gajah Makmur Village on Saturday night, April 1. To prevent livestock victims, he said, NGOs have formed a tiger conflict task force. Members of the task force have been given training on the anticipation of livestock victims. In training, the task force team is given training on how to make Tiger Proof Enclosure (TPE) cages so that cows are safe from catching tigers. Before the incident, tigers preyed on residents' cows on Saturday night, his party had appealed to local villagers to be careful of tigers. "If possible, the livestock should not be left in the garden again, that is our effort, efforts are made to bring livestock home and cage them," he said. Residents' cows in the local area, he continued, are still allowed to roam in nearby oil palm plantations and enter the Air Rami Production Forest (HP) area which has been added by many residents so that tigers come down to find food. Meanwhile, Head of the Conservation Section for Region I BKSDA Bengkulu Said Jauhari said his party would try to check the location of the cows being eaten by tigers first. "We will send a team to the scene of the incident, later whether we try to expel or install the tiger trap," he said. He said the incident of tigers in the area was repeated because the location was the track, namely Gajah Makmur Village, including other villages such as Lubuk Talang Village, and still the same tiger. In the area, he said, there is already a Tiger Conflict Task Force in the village and this task force is tasked with monitoring and reporting any conflict with tigers. "We received reports related to tiger conflicts in this area from the task force," he said. Head of the Forest Management Unit (KPH) of Mukomuko Regency Aprin Sihaloho said the area of the Rami Water Cellphone damaged by the increase in this area was around 4,000 to 5,000 hectares. Meanwhile, the area of the Limited Production Forest (HPT) Air Ipuh I, which is close to UPT Lubuk Talang, Lubuk Talang Village, and Gajah Makmur Village, was damaged by an increase of around 1,000 hectares. He said that some of the forest areas damaged by illegal logging were then planted with palm oil by unscrupulous residents in this area.