Siamang Mimi's Baby Who Was Cared For By The Badung Regent, Bali, Was Taken To The West Sumatra Rehabilitation Center

Siamese baby (PHOTO Dafi/VOI)

DENPASAR - Two gibbons or symphalangus syndactylus were finally translocated to the Kalaweit Animal Rehabilitation Center in Agarng Sumatra, West Sumatra.

The Bali Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) officers will take the two gibbons by land, taking a 60-hour drive from Bali to West Sumatra.

The two gibbons were named Mimi, who was a 2-month-old female, and Momo, a 1-year-old male. Siamang named Mimi was initially cared for by the Regent of Badung, Bali, I Nyoman Giri Prasta and then handed over to the Bali BKSD on Wednesday, September 15. Meanwhile, a gibbon named Momo was handed over by a resident after knowing that the gibbon was categorized as a protected animal.

"The only thing (Momo) is the submission from the community, and this community voluntarily handed it over to us. But we apologize that the person concerned doesn't want to be exposed. But at least we appreciate voluntarily handing it over to us after knowing that the animal is protected and not allowed to be kept," he said. Section Head of BKSD Bali Region II Sulistyo Widodo at the Bali BKSDA office, Friday, October 8th.

After being handed over by Regent I Nyoman Giri Prasta and a member of the public to the Bali BKSD, the two gibbons have been kept at the Tabanan Animal Rescue Center (PPS) since September 15.

After being treated and tested for blood sampling using the antibody elisa rabies test method because the Siamang is a primate that can be one of the rabies virus-carrying hosts.

"From the results of the rabies test, it was stated that the two Siamangs were free of rabies. In addition to the negative antibody elisa, the siamang has also obtained a Health Certificate from the Agricultural Quarantine Class I, Denpasar, based on an examination from the animal quarantine laboratory," he added. Sulistyo.

The two gibbons were translocated to the Kalaweit animal rehabilitation center, Sumatra Agarng, West Sumatra, with a 60-hour journey. There they will be rehabilitated and then released.

"Approximately 60 hours from here. Later, he will carry out the rehabilitation process and later will be released into nature," said Sulistyo.

The video of the Regent of Badung, Bali, I Nyoman Giri Prasta was previously in the spotlight by netizens, for keeping gibbon gibbons, a protected animal.

The video was uploaded by his Instagram account @giri.prasta and went viral on social media, Wednesday, September 15. In the description of the upload, Giri Prasta wrote, "Today, Mimi is two months old, let's practice standing and walking,".

In the video with a swimming pool background, the Regent of Giri Prasta also introduced the black monkey.

"Hello guys, her name is Mimi, so we take good care of her, we've given her all the medicine and now I'm teaching her to walk. Here she is walking near us, I'll take good care of her, steady... steady, always healthy," said Regent Giri Prasta in the video.

However, soon the video was deleted from his Instagram account after it went viral on social media.