The Phenomenon Of Wild Monkeys Entering Settlements In Bandung, PB Duga Perjuangan Region To Escape From Captivity

Video screenshots of monkeys roaming the settlements of Bandung City, West Java. (ANTARA/Instagram/@rripro1bdg)

The Bandung City Fire and Disaster Management Service (Diskar PB) is investigating the phenomenon of a herd of wild monkeys roaming into a number of residential areas of Bandung City. Head of PB Bandung City Gun Gun Sumaryana said his party had deployed personnel to the locations visited by the illegal monkeys because they were considered disturbing to the community. "The Rescue Team always follows and we are still chasing a herd of monkeys, even if they appear to exist on the surface or not. But still we deploy personnel as long as it is in our area,” he said in Bandung, Friday, March 8, was confiscated by Antara. He said the officers who were deployed had difficulty evacuating the wild monkeys because of their high mobility and moving from one place to another so quickly. "When there is a complaint, there is information from the public or from the media, we go down. But earlier, because the mobilization was fast, yes, we also haven't carried out any repressive actions,” he said.

He revealed that currently he is still studying the phenomenon of the existence of wild monkeys, whether there is a connection with the disturbed natural ecosystem or whether it escapes from its cage or is deliberately released by its owner. "Are these monkeys released from the colony, for example there are clashes in the region or is this a captivity that the owner may release. Here are a lot of things we have to investigate," he said. Furthermore, Gun Gun said that his party had coordinated with the West Java Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA) to give repressive action to the wild monkeys if they really disturbed the public. "We are also with BBKSDA if later it is disturbing and vicious, it must be paralyzed," he said. A few days earlier, a video circulated on social media regarding a herd of wild monkeys that had gone down to residential areas. The monkeys roamed the streets and climbed onto the roofs of residents' houses in the city of Bandung.