(ID) Government Hires Out Endangered Animals

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Government Hires Out Endangered Animals

 

 

Deposit money to get preserve a tiger is one million rupiahs

 

JAKARTA - Government is planning to hires out endangered and protected

animals for animal devotee. This step, as General Director of Forrest

Protection and Natural Conservation, Darori noticed, to protect animals

against illegal hunting and that also to breed them. Regulation of

Forestry Ministry which straighten up that term is expected to be

published in the end of this year.

 

“More difficult to preserve, more endangered, than it will much costly,”

he said in Preparation of Natural Conservation Day workshop at Manggala

Wanabakti yesterday.

 

Darori gave an example, to keep a tiger legally, someone have to

deposit a

million rupiahs to the state and pay conservation tax too. Beside tiger,

he also noticed that Jalak Bali and Orangutan as the protected animals.

“Now, if they bear children, the baby can’t be owned and it have to give

back to government,” he said.

 

All this time, he continued, conservation fund for protected animals is

limited. The amount is less than 500 million rupiahs in five years.

Besides, animal hunting and environment destruction occurs until the

quantity of protected animals are decreasing.

 

Rudi Choirudin, a chef who has some protected animals, agreed with

government plan. But, the value of deposit, he said, need to be

compromised afterward. Because, the preservation cost may not as big as

its deposited money.

 

He suggested that the government must focused to the wild animal hunters

and traders. “This protected animals are sold in markets because of

their

act,” he stated. Rudy pointed that he don’t want to buy animal

illegally.

 

Since several past time, Rudy has some protected animals, such as black

kakatoa, rangkong, and deer. “I buy them because I feel pity about their

suffering,” he said.

 

A non-governmental organization Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP)

says

‘no’ to that government plan. If government need funds to the

conservation, would be better that the wealthy persons who love animal

asked for the funds. “This step would be much real for environment

preservation widely,” COP Habitat Program Manager Novi Hardianto said.

 

If the haves and animal devotee allowed to keep protected animal, he

continued, usually only for fun. Meanwhile, for the animal preservation

efforts, they don’t care. Whereas, that protected animal properly have

function for their wild environment.

 

According to Novi’s statement, with the donations from the haves, those

animal which are captured and traded can be released in nature. He gave

example, in West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, there are 650

orangutan that have not released yet.

 

 

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