National park objects to boar hunt

National park objects to boar hunt

PADANG, West Sumatra: The head of the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Listya Kusumawardhani, has formally objected to a plan by the Kerinci regental administration and the Indonesian Wild Boar Hunting Association (PORBI) to hunt the animal during the Kerinci Art Festival in July.

Listya said on Tuesday that her objection was delivered to the Kerinci regent and explained that the hunt could endanger other animals, including the deer and bears in the park.

She also said that although the administration hoped to attract visitors to the park by staging the event, it was not a practical solution.

"The national park calls on the administration to cancel its plan to stage the boar hunt by considering the impact this activity will have on the environment," she said. -- Antara