Owners return dozens of protected animals<\/p>\n
Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor<\/p>\n
Following a circular disseminated by Bogor Natural Resources
\nConservation Agency on August, residents of Bogor, Sukabumi and
\nCianjur districts have returned dozens of protected animals, an
\nofficial said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The agency head Noor Rahmat said the circular targeted
\nhunters, dealers and owners of the rare animals.<\/p>\n
\"The circular is based on the Law No. 5\/1990 on biodiversity
\nconservation and the Government Regulation No. 7\/1999 on the
\npreservation of plants and animals, which prohibits residents
\nfrom possessing or rearing protected animals, including the
\nstuffed ones,\" he said over the weekend.<\/p>\n
However, those responding to the circular claimed to be merely
\ncaretakers of the rare animals, he said.<\/p>\n
As of October, the agency had received 25 protected animals
\nfrom 12 Bogor residents. Most of them are stuffed cendrawasih
\nbirds (Paradiseaae spp.), crocodiles, orangutans, white-handed
\ngibbons, known locally as owa, and cassowary.<\/p>\n
The agency also recorded 102 rare animals voluntarily returned
\nby 58 Sukabumi residents between January and October, and another
\nseven animals returned by five residents of Cianjur. Most of the
\nanimals are cockatoo birds and siamang gibbons (Hylobates
\nsyndactylus).<\/p>\n
The animals are now being taken care of at the Animal Rescue
\nCenter in Sukabumi, which is managed collaboratively by the
\nagency and the Gibbon Foundation, Noor said. Currently, there are
\n1,047 protected animals housed at the Rescue Center.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Bogor Timur Subprecinct Police apprehended a
\nsuspected dealer of rare animals as he made a deal with an
\nundercover police officer at a restaurant.<\/p>\n
The police seized one stuffed Sumatran tiger from the
\nsuspect's car. The stuffed animal is said to be worth Rp 12
\nmillion (US$1,411) on the black market.<\/p>",
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