Cattle-killing tiger captured

Cattle-killing tiger captured

PEKANBARAU, Riau: A tiger that killed two cows over the past two
weeks was trapped by nature conservation officers and villagers
in Dumai regency, Riau, a report said.

Residents of Sungai Sembilan district in Dumai said that over
the last two weeks the tiger had entered their villages in search
of food.

This prompted a report to the local office of the Coordinating
Body for Natural Resources Protection (BKSDA), district chief
Hendra Usman said on Monday.

Officers from the BKSDA and villagers constructed traps in
several locations. After three days the tiger, a two-year-old
female, entered one of the traps on Sunday. Hendra could not say
where the tiger was taken.

This marks the seventh time villagers have trapped a tiger
that came too close to their homes and attacked their cattle.

Environmentalists have said the encounters are the result of
humans encroaching on the tigers' habitat. Uncontrolled logging
across Sumatra has driven wild animals like tigers and elephants
out of the forests and into contact with humans, according to the
environmentalists.-- Antara

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Nine artists honored in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: The Bali provincial administration honored on
Monday nine artists who have made significant lifetime
contributions to the preservation and development of art on the
island.

Those honored were I Gede Bandem, Ida Made Basma, I Wayan
Kamasan, I Ketut Nama, I Gusti Oka Suradnya, Ida Bagus Sutedja
Manuaba, I Gusti Bagus Tika, Ida Bagus Watu and I Nengah Diptha.

The artists are all active in developing their own field of
art, including dance, music, literature and painting.

Nyakan Samudra, the head of the organizing committee for the
Bali Art Festival, said the awards would be presented by Bali
Governor Made Beratha.-Antara

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Two die, 67 treated for diarrhea

MUARA TEWEH, Central Kalimantan: Two children in Muara Teweh have
died and dozens of other people are being treated at the local
hospital following an outbreak of diarrhea in the Central
Kalimantan town.

"The two children were suffering severe dehydration when they
were admitted to the hospital last week ... we could not save
them," the director of Muara Teweh Hospital, Yahdelena, said on
Monday.

The children died on June 21 and June 24.

In June alone, 69 people have been admitted to the hospital
for treatment for diarrhea.

The head of communicable diseases at the North Barito Office
of the Ministry of Health, Sriyono, said his office had still not
determined whether these cases represented an epidemic.

He said the cases were likely the result of a change in the
seasons and the continued pollution of the Barito River. - Antara

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Refugees cannot build houses

AMBON, Maluku: Ambon Mayor Jopie Papilaja said on Sunday he would
not permit refugees from other areas of the province to build new
houses in the provincial capital.

"I will recommend that refugees from outside of Ambon not be
permitted to build houses here, as we do not have the space and
their presence will reduce the space available for residents of
Ambon," he said on Sunday.

"I will only recommend that they be allowed to build houses in
areas not designated for housing ... so there will be no new
social problems," Papilaja said.

Refugees from Buru regency ran amok on Saturday after hearing
reports that they would be sent back to their hometown.

Some of the refugees allegedly burned paper and other items,
sparking a panic among the civil servants working in the Maluku
gubernatorial office.--Antara