BKSDA Sends A Team Related To Tigers Possessing Cows In North Bengkulu

Livestock belonging to residents suspected of dying because they were eaten by a Sumatran tiger. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - Bengkulu Lampung Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) dispatched a team to Taba Gemilang Village, Argamakmur District, North Bengkulu Regency, regarding tigers that prey on cattle belonging to cattle.

"We have deployed a team assisted by members of the police, members of the TNI and surrounding communities to check around the location after the discovery of one cow that was allegedly eaten by a tiger," said Head of the Forest Police Task Force (Kasatgas Polhut) BKSDA Bengkulu Pirmansyah quoted by ANTARA, Friday, April 28.

In the area, traces of tigers were found in the plantation area of residents and one cow belonging to the residents was found dead in an incomplete state.

In addition, in the area there is a forest that is a tiger habitat, but he cannot confirm the exact distance between the location of the discovery of these traces and the habitat of the Sumatran tiger in North Bengkulu Regency.

During April 2023, it was recorded that three Sumatran tigers in Bengkulu Province, namely North Bengkulu Regency, Mukomuko Regency and Lebong Regency.

Previously, the Bengkulu BKSDA evacuated a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) that entered a trap cage in the Lubuk Cabau Village area, Mukomuko Regency, which is in the concession of PT Agromuko, an oil palm plantation company in the area.

The evacuation was carried out after his party set traps set in this area to avoid high-risk conflicts between humans and tigers.

Currently, the tiger is at the Bengkulu BKSDA office for treatment because it is known that his condition suffered a leg injury due to being caught in a snare.