Rare animals to be resettled

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Animals which might be affected by the government's million-hectare agricultural project in the Kapuas district are to be moved to the Tanjung Puting National Park, some 500 kilometers southwest of here.

Antara quoted Central Kalimantan police chief Col. Deddi Ganrijadi as saying on Saturday that the resettlement would be done in stages to reduce the animals' distress.

Orangutan, bekantan monkeys, mouse-deer, deer and a number of birds will be relocated. (swe)