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        "id": 1902192,
        "msgid": "bksda-deploys-team-to-handle-sumatran-tiger-appearance-in-residential-area-1785934525",
        "date": "2026-08-05 19:15:37",
        "title": "BKSDA deploys team to handle Sumatran tiger appearance in residential area",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has dispatched a team to East Aceh Regency following reports of a Sumatran tiger near a residential area. The team is working to prevent negative interactions between the critically endangered animal and local residents. Authorities have urged the community to avoid solitary activities in plantations and to refrain from setting traps that could harm the protected species.",
        "content": "<p>The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has deployed a\nteam to handle the appearance of a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris\nsumatrae) in East Aceh Regency. Head of BKSDA Aceh Ujang Wisnu Barata in\nBanda Aceh on Wednesday said the team was dispatched to prevent negative\ninteractions between the tiger and the community, as well as to attempt\nto steer the protected animal away from residential areas. \u201cWe have\ndeployed a team to handle the emergence of a Sumatran tiger in East Aceh\nRegency. The team has also checked the location and conducted patrols\naround the area where the tiger appeared,\u201d he said. Previously, a\nSumatran tiger was reported to have appeared around a residential area\nin Alur Merbo Hamlet, Pante Kera Village, Simpang Jernih District, East\nAceh Regency, on Monday (3\/8). To prevent negative interactions with the\nSumatran tiger, he reminded residents not to carry out activities in\nplantations alone, but rather in groups. He also advised against\nactivities too late in the afternoon, as tigers are typically active\nfrom 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. Western Indonesia Time. \u201cWe also urge the\ncommunity to regularly clear their plantations because tigers hide in\nbushes. And not to set traps that could trigger conflicts leading to the\ndeath of this protected animal,\u201d he said. According to the International\nUnion for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red\nList, the Sumatran tiger is a species found only on the island of\nSumatra and is classified as critically endangered, facing a high risk\nof extinction in the wild. The agency also stressed that capturing,\ninjuring, killing, storing, possessing, keeping, transporting, and\ntrading protected wildlife, whether alive or dead, is prohibited.\nFurthermore, setting traps, poison, or high-voltage electric fences that\ncan cause the death of protected wildlife is illegal. All such illegal\nacts are subject to criminal sanctions in accordance with the law. In\naddition, other illegal activities can also lead to conflicts between\nwildlife, particularly Sumatran tigers, and humans. Such conflicts\nresult in economic losses and even fatalities, affecting both humans and\nthe survival of the wildlife.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bksda-deploys-team-to-handle-sumatran-tiger-appearance-in-residential-area-1785934525",
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