Giving The Name Of An Animal In Ragunan It Turns Out That It Is A Tradition From The Governor Of DKI

Acting Governor of DKI Heru Budi Hartono/DOK PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Giving the name of an animal at the Ragunan Wildlife Park (TMR) seems to be a tradition carried out every period of the Governor of DKI Jakarta. Today, Acting Governor of DKI Heru Budi Hartono named Sumatran elephant calf and giraffe. Arriving at TMR, Heru initially planted trees. After that, he visited the elephant cages and giraffes one by one. Entering the cage area, Heru fed the leaves to the animals. "I stopped by to give Ragunan time to plant a tabebuya tree first. The next one was to name the elephant, the elephant was named Unggul. Then, the second one named the second calf, his name is Tazoo," said Heru at TMR, South Jakarta, Friday, February 3. Superior and Tazoo were born at the same time on September 5, 2022. Heru explained the meaning of Tazoo's name which was felt quite foreign to the community. Heru revealed that Tazoo was taken from the name of the Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia. Taronga Zoo was the birthplace of Tazoo's father and mother, before being taken to Indonesia. "Tazoo is from his real name. Then, Tazoo means to remember the names of his father and mother," he said. Before Heru, the naming of TMR was carried out by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) while serving as Governor of DKI. In 2015, a pair of giraffes from Australia came to coincide with August 17. Ahok then named the two giraffes Dirgah and Ayuri 70, taken from the commemoration of Independence Day, namely the 70th Dirgahayu of the Republic of Indonesia. After time, the giraffe couple had their first child in April 2020. Anies Baswedan, who at that time served as Governor of DKI, named Julan. The hope is that the giraffe child will be higher than his parents. Julan is the older brother of Tazoo who was born two years later.