PADANG - The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of West Sumatra rescued a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) named Kanti Marama in the oil palm plantation area of PT Pasaman Marama Sejahtera (PMS) West Pasaman Regency.
"It's true, we managed to save a Sumatran tiger that got into one of the box traps installed by the BKSDA", said Head of the West Sumatra KSDA Office, Ardi Andono, quoted by Antara, Monday, July 19.
BKSDA would like to thank the Regent of West Pasaman, the management of PT. PMS, the police, the TNI, traditional leaders, and the surrounding community have assisted in the handling efforts.
According to him, after handling the conflict for five days, the West Sumatra BKSDA team managed to save the endangered and protected species.
According to the SOP, he said, BKSDA evacuated the animals from the location to the Kinantan Cultural Wildlife Park (TMSBK) in Bukittinggi for observation.
Ardi explained earlier, a Sumatran tiger appeared in an oil palm plantation area owned by PT Pasaman Marama Sejahtera (PMS) in Aur River, West Pasaman district on Wednesday, July 14.
The video of the appearance of the animal was caught on the cellphone of a local worker and circulated on social media.
Animals can be seen following the vehicle used by workers from behind and then soon disappearing in the bushes of the oil palm plantation.
West Sumatra BKSDA who received the report sent a team to carry out the handling.
Then the BKSDA team together with company management and supported by Brimob unit personnel carried out field identification at the location where the animals appeared.
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His party then installed three trapping camera units to monitor the movement of the animal and get a visual picture of the animal.
As a result, one of the cameras managed to get a visual image of the animal while it was passing
After that, BKSDA decided to evacuate the animals by using two units of trap cages considering that expulsion and herding into the forest were impossible.
To the management, said Ardi Ardono, the BKSDA team asked the workers not to move around the location of the animal's appearance until finally the animal was rescued.
According to PT Pasaman Marama Sejahtera leader, Frenzy Marwan, in the past month, tigers have been seen several times in the plantation area, this is quite worrying for the workers.
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