Two Sumatran Tigers Back to the Wild

West Lampung, Kompas – After being captured eight months ago, two of five sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were finally released in Dukuh Satu area of the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (TNBBS) in West Lampung on Tuesday (22/7) morning. The three other tigers are still quarantined at the Rescue Center Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC) managed by PT Adhiniaga Kreasinusa, a company from the Artha Graha Group.

The release was also attended by the Minister of Forestry, MS Kaban, a number of officials from the Ministry of Forestry, and the businessman Tommy Winata. “This is a rare event and we hope more people from the private sector are willing to be involved in wildlife conservation,” said MS Kaban in TWNC on Tuesday (22/7).
The two tigers released were both male, named Pangeran (6 years old) and Agam (4 years old). They were captured between June to November 2007 in South Aceh in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD). “We’ve attached detectors on the tigers,” said Director of Taman Safari Indonesia, Tony Sumampau.
The detectors were designed to last for 2 years and 200 days. It is monitored by six offices while the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) monitors from the field. “At anytime the team could go to where the tigers are,” said ZSL Indonesia Project Manager, Dolly Priatna. (GSA/HLN)
Source : Kompas