A Herd Of Wild Elephants Damaged To Residents' Coffee Gardens In West Lampung

A herd of wild elephants that damaged a coffee plantation belonging to residents in Pemangku Rowo Agung, Pekon (Village) Rowo Rejo, Suoh District, West Lampung Regency. (ANTARA/HO-Satgas Suoh)

A number of wild elephants entered the settlement and damaged a coffee plantation owned by residents in Pemangku Rowo Agung, Pekon (Village) Rowo Rejo, Suoh District, West Lampung Regency. "This afternoon's wild elephant in Rawa Agung below has approached the Mada intersection and 50 meters from the settlement, and now it is still in brown kebon and coffee kebon, the current position in Pemangku Rowo Agung, Rowo Rejo Village, Suoh District," said the supervisor of the Gajah Suoh Conflict Task Force and Suoh State Bandar (BNS), Sugeng Hari Kinaryo Adi, when contacted from South Lampung, Antara, Sunday, July 7. The position of the wild elephant is currently still scattered into two groups. Therefore, his party is currently continuing to monitor the gaps that damaged the residents' gardens. "Last night's elephant position spread that some have entered the rice fields and some are still above the settlement, and this afternoon this elephant also scattered. Earlier, the community monitored 6 of them, above about 100 meters from the road, and near this kebon there were 6 and the rest were close to palm oil," he said. Until now, his party together with the local community are still monitoring the herd of wild elephants that enter the residents' settlements. According to him, the Suoh Valley Task Force has now carried out silting and dispelling the herd of wild elephants.

Previously, it was reported that the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBTNBBS) together with the Bengkulu KSDA Center and partners (Indonesian Villages, YKWS, PILI, WCS and YABI), had succeeded in installing GPS Collars on wild elephants in West Lampung, to monitor the position of these protected animals.