West Sumatra BKSDA Evacuates Sun Bear Caught in Wild Boar Snare

Lubuk Basung (ANTARA) - The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) evacuated a sun bear caught in a rope snare intended for wild boars near a resident’s plantation in Botan, Nagari Panti Timur, Panti District, Pasaman Regency, on Friday. Head of the Pasaman Region I Conservation Resort, Edi Susilo, stated in Lubuk Basung that the evacuation involved BKSDA officers, the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP), and a veterinarian from the Pasaman Agriculture Office. “The bear was sedated before the evacuation was carried out,” he said. Observations revealed the bear was an adult female with snare wounds on its leg. The joint team then carried the sun bear on a stretcher to the conservation post at the Rimbo Panti Nature Tourism Park (TWA). “Upon arrival at TWA Rimbo Panti, the bear received treatment from the veterinarian,” he added. This incident follows the recent case of a female Sumatran tiger cub caught in a ‘rattus Pasaman’ type wire snare in a resident’s garden in Jorong Lima Sempadang, Nagari Padang Matinggi Utara, Rao Utara District, Pasaman, on Thursday (21/5). The tiger, aged under one year, sustained injuries to its neck and leg. In response, BKSDA West Sumatra issued Circular Letter Number 1 of 2026 prohibiting the use of Rattus Pasaman snares, dangerous sling traps, or steel wire for controlling wild boar pests. The circular aims to protect biodiversity and prevent the death of protected wildlife, particularly Sumatran tigers, sun bears, and other animals, due to hazardous snares. “We will intensively disseminate this circular to the community through nagari or village governments to prevent protected wildlife from being caught in snares again,” he said.