5 Endemic Bird Carried By Boy On Ship Arrested By Maluku BKSDA

Maluku parrots and green birds were secured by Maluku BKSDA officers on board by small children owners. (ANTARA/Winda Herman)

MALUKU - The Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) of Maluku Province has secured five birds from small children owners on the Nusantara Belt Ship 80. The five birds with details, four Maluku parrots and one green bird. The bird was owned by a small boy who took it while boarding the Nusantara 80 belt ship from Sliding towards the East Seram Bula. When questioned, the bird was for souvenirs, ” said the Maluku BKSDA Forest Police (Polhut) Seto in Ambon, quoted from Antara, Monday, May 13. He admitted that the birds were found in good health. Meanwhile, the animals are still being secured by the KSDA Bula office. "The “ The plan will be seen first if the condition is really healthy, it will be immediately released back into its habitat in the Nief River Nature Reserve conservation area, Seram Island," he said. To the child perpetrators, his party only provides guidance and warnings so as not to maintain or trade endemic Maluku animals. Seto emphasized to the public that wild animals, especially protected types of endemic birds, cannot be found elsewhere. So it is an obligation to maintain the diversity of abundances of both plant and animal species in Indonesia. He also hopes that people who find cases of animal smuggling will immediately be reported to the authorities, both in the BKSDA and the police. "We are open to the public, if there is a submission or report we will receive. This is also so that we can enjoy the TSL in the future and in the future, ” he said. Based on the provisions of Law no. 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and their Ecosystems 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).