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