Bogor Palace to reduce deer population

Bogor Palace to reduce deer population

BOGOR: The exploding deer population at the Bogor Palace would
be reduced to 500 from the current 700, Atikah Sumantri, head of
the palace, said on Wednesday.

The over-supply of deer has been a problem for the last three
years and at one point their number reached 800. At that time the
palace decided to distribute the deer to ministries, government
offices and other organizations that had open space of around
1,000 square meters available.

"They don't only have to provide the space but also report on
the animals' progress since being handed over," she said.

Offices that have taken the deer include the National
Intelligence Agency (BIN), and gubernatorial offices in Medan,
Bengkulu and Lampung. Each of them received 10 deer.

The Tampak Siring Palace in Bali accepted 20 and has managed
to breed them so that the population now stands at 70 animals.

Atikah said the palace workers would set a trap connected to a
wooden cage in order to catch the deer. JP