ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia consistently continues to show real action in wildlife conservation.
The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry notes that it has released more than 500 thousand protected animals into their habitats in the last eight years.
“Various types of protected animals have been released in the last eight years, such as various birds, hatchlings, dolphins, tigers and orangutans,” said the Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya after releasing two Sumatran tigers in Medan, Wednesday, 6 Last March 2024.
Siti said that the release of protected animals had been carried out many times as an effort to save animals from animal-human conflict. Before being released, these animals first undergo rehabilitation to restore their wild nature.
“This time what we are releasing into the wild are Sumatran tigers. This is actually not the first time we have done this, because I have also done the same thing several times before, such as in Jambi and in several other places,” said Siti.
Sumatran tigers, he said, have become an international concern because they are charismatic animals, such as elephants, orangutans and rhinos, according to the characteristics of the natural landscape or forest that is their habitat.
“We released the two tigers in the Gunung Leuser National Park, which is currently known as the last piece of earth, which also contains several other charismatic animals such as elephants and orangutans,” he said.
The two Sumatran tigers released into the Gunung Leuser National Park are female, named Ambar Goldsmith and Beru Situtung.
Tiger Amber Goldsmith is approximately 5.5 years old. Ambar was previously caught using a trap cage installed by the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Center Team and partners on December 21 2022 in Aras Napal Hamlet, Bukit Mas Village, Besitang District, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province. Next, Ambar Goldsmith was placed in temporary care at the Sumatran Rescue Alliance cage installation in Bukit Mas Village.
It was then transferred to the Sumatran Tiger Reserve in Barumun Nagari, North Padang Lawas Regency, for further care and observation.
Meanwhile, Beru Situtung is a tiger approximately 3-4 years old who was rescued from negative interactions between humans and Sumatran tigers in the Kluet Tengah Protected Forest area, South Aceh Regency.
The Beru Situtung tiger is undergoing treatment and monitoring at the rescue facility of the Regional I Tapak Tuan-South Aceh National Park Management Division office, Gunung Leuser National Park Center until its condition recovers and is healthy.
On April 8 2023, Beru Situtung was transferred to the Barumun Sumatran Tiger Reserve for observation and behavioral studies, intensive care until he was ready to be released. (ANT)
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