THERE ARE 2 BULLETS IN THE BODY OF ORANGUTAN BABY
Monday, 15 October 2018 BKSDA Pos Sampit and the APE Crusader team evacuated a female orangutan baby in Santiung Village, Mentaya Hulu, Kotawaringin Timur District, Central Kalimantan. The condition of the baby was quite wild and nearly fool the team. The baby has wound and it became an important note for further examination when translocated to BKSDA SKW II Pangkalan Bun.
“Hopefully it’s not bullet wounds”, Paulinus Kristanto prayed along the way after evacuating the baby orangutan named Sutan.
This wound is a concern during a medical examination at the OFI clinic in Central Kalimantan. Baby Sutan was x-rayed and the result found two air rifle bullets lodged in his tiny body. One bullet on the left side of the head was removed.
Baby Sutan is found in a palm oil plantation in Kotawaringin Timur, Central Kalimantan. Orangutan babies aged 1-2 years are very dependent on their mothers, but Sutan was found alone with 2 bullets in his body. Is it true that the conversion of forests to palm oil plantations has ignored the high conservation value area? (IND)
ADA 2 PELURU DI TUBUH BAYI SUTAN
Senin, 15 Oktober 2018 KSDA Pos Sampit dan tim APE Crusader mengevakuasi bayi orangutan betina di desa Santiung, kecamatan Mentaya Hulu, kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah. Kondisi bayi yang cukup liar sempat mengecohkan tim. Berkat ketelitian tim, kondisi fisik dengan luka menjadi catatan untuk pemeriksaan lanjutan saat diserahkan ke KSDA SKW II Pangkalan Bun.
Semoga bukan luka karena peluru, begitu doa Paulinus Kristanto sepanjang jalan usai mengevakuasi bayi orangutan bernama Sutan ini.
Catatan ini menjadi perhatian saat pemeriksaan medis di klinik OFI, Kalteng. Bayi Sutan pun di rontgen dan terlihat peluru senapan angin bersarang di tubuh mungilnya. Satu peluru di kepala bagian samping kiri berhasil di keluarkan.
Bayi Sutan ditemukan di perkebunan kelapa sawit di Kotawaringin Timur, Kalimantan Tengah. Bayi orangutan berusia 1-2 tahun sangat tergantung dengan induknya. Sementara Sutan ditemukan sendiri dengan 2 peluru yang bersarang di tubuhnya. Benarkah alih fungsi hutan untuk perkebunan kelapa sawit telah mengabaikan nilai konservasi tinggi kawasan tersebut?
