Mayor releases doves in Monas

Mayor releases doves in Monas

JAKARTA: Following Governor Sutiyoso's plan to release deer in
the National Monument (Monas) park, Central Jakarta Mayor Hosea
Petra Lumbun freed on Tuesday 1,500 birds, mostly turtle doves
and thrushes.

Mayor Lumbun, according to the city-owned news website
beritajakarta, obliged the municipality offices to donate at
least 10 birds, to be released in the 100-hectare park in Central
Jakarta, currently home to many doves.

Sutiyoso earlier announced his plan to release deer, taken
from Bogor Presidential Palace, after the construction of a fence
around the park was completed this year.

The governor claimed that the administration was working in
collaborating with experts from Bogor Institute of Agriculture to
carry out a feasibility study into the plan to place deer in the
park.--JP