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Thu, 12/18/2008 - 16:53
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ACEH TO RELEASE TWO TIGERS INTO JUNGLE
Banda Aceh, Dec. 18 (ANTARA) - The Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) of Aceh is planning to release two captive tigers into the wild soon.
"In general, the two tigers are in good physical condition but they cannot stay in cages for good because they are wild animals and their cages are too small," Christopher Stremme of the Veterinary Society for Sumatra Wildlife Conservation (VESSWIC), a Medan-based NGO, said here on Wednesday.
The two tigers -- one male and the other female -- have been kept in BKSDA 3x2m-cages for a month. The male tiger came from Nagan Raya and the female from Jantho Aceh Besar.
The male tiger was still under medical treatment for a wound caused by a trap. It would take two more weeks to cure the wound of the male tiger which gained six kilograms since it was put in the quarantine, he said. Each tiger consumed six chickens per day, he said.
The two tigers might be released in a forest, either in Nagan Raya, Pidie, Jantho or Aceh Jaya districts.
"We have asked for a recommendations from the four district heads about the forests that we hope could accommodate the tigers, but so far there has been no response from them," he said.
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is to be found only on the island of Sumatra. It is critically endangered because of poaching and habitat destruction and its population in the wild today has shrunk to 350.
"In general, the two tigers are in good physical condition but they cannot stay in cages for good because they are wild animals and their cages are too small," Christopher Stremme of the Veterinary Society for Sumatra Wildlife Conservation (VESSWIC), a Medan-based NGO, said here on Wednesday.
The two tigers -- one male and the other female -- have been kept in BKSDA 3x2m-cages for a month. The male tiger came from Nagan Raya and the female from Jantho Aceh Besar.
The male tiger was still under medical treatment for a wound caused by a trap. It would take two more weeks to cure the wound of the male tiger which gained six kilograms since it was put in the quarantine, he said. Each tiger consumed six chickens per day, he said.
The two tigers might be released in a forest, either in Nagan Raya, Pidie, Jantho or Aceh Jaya districts.
"We have asked for a recommendations from the four district heads about the forests that we hope could accommodate the tigers, but so far there has been no response from them," he said.
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is to be found only on the island of Sumatra. It is critically endangered because of poaching and habitat destruction and its population in the wild today has shrunk to 350.
