Fires drive tigers, monkeys

BOYOLALI, Central Java: Four Javanese tigers and some monkeys have fled the fires destroying their habitat in the forests of Mt. Merbabu, Antara reported yesterday.

The news agency did not elaborate on how it came up with the number of tigers but quoted the police chief of the Selo and Cepogo subdistricts, Sgt. Khanafi, as saying that villagers had been hearing strange sounds in nearby bushes.

Boyolali district police chief Lt. Col. I.G.M. Nurdjana said the animals had been spotted close to the villages but had not caused any harm. (swe)