Riau BBKSDA: Tigers In Siak Poasibility From Zamrud National Park

The Riau KSDA BB team and relevant stakeholders installed cameras and trap cages in the Arwinas Siak City Forest which is suspected to be a place to hide a tiger. BETWEEN/HO-BB KSDA Riau

PEKANBARU - Riau Province's Center for Conservation and Natural Resources (BBKSDA) said the appearance of a Sumatran tiger in Siak Sri Inderapura City, Siak Regency is likely from the Zamrud National Park, which is about 6.2 kilometers from the area. Acting Head of Riau KSDA Region II, Hartono said, the distance if you look at the position of Siak Regency and forest areas is 6.2 kilometers long. The location of the nearby Sumatran tiger habitat is the Zamrud National Park. "So it did pass through villages, settlements and the Siak River. It is still being traced whether the tiger crosses the Siak River or what, a search is still being carried out regarding the origin of the tiger," Hartono said in Pekanbaru, Antara, Sunday, January 22. Based on the visible footprints, namely 15 centimeters and 13 cm, the tiger is a teenager. Since a week of the appearance of tigers, there have been no reports of community livestock victims. The appearance of tigers began Monday this week. There are traces of tigers behind densely populated community settlements in Suak Furthermore Village, Siak. Then on Friday, January 20, a witness, Pujiono, admitted that he saw directly the animals passing at 22.30 WIB in front of the house guarding the watermelon garden. The witness said the size of the animal was large and led to the forest of Arwinas city. When observations by the team in the field, traces of the animal were found behind and beside the house guarding the watermelon garden with a size of approximately the same size as those found in Suak Tabung Village. Then obtained footage of Ahsan's Sinar Jaya toserba CCTV camera on Jalan Sapta Taruna. The camera recorded the Sumatran tiger's activities in front of the shop on Saturday (21/1) at 03.15 WIB in the morning which was estimated after going out of the city forest. A joint team searched wildlife in the forest area of Arwinas and monitored and installed two cameras and trap cages. In the cage there is goat bait and until now the tiger has not entered the cage to eat it. "The joint team continues to monitor both using drones and a location survey that is suspected to be the tiger's track," said Hartono.