Save Me Please

KETAPANG - Peter Kansius of Foundation Trench Ketapang, assessing the death of orangutans who were evacuated on August 26 to 27 and in Hamlet Trenches Dongka Wak, Wajok Downstream, Pontianak, leaving stories and questions from various circles, especially among conservation. Of course, the fundamental question is, what should be saved orangutans even a disastrous loss of life with the primates.

Chronologically, at 25 Agutus last evening, orangutans known to be in the garden in the hamlet residents Trenches Dongka Wak. Residents reported to the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia Kalimantan Program. The next day, evacuation efforts began. A total of three shots drugs are not able to knock 17-year-old male orangutan with the weight of 70 kilograms. Residents then took the initiative to bloat orangutans living in the midrib of coconut trees to be dropped. When smoked, the fire splashed onto dry palm branches, so instead grabbed orangutan.

"It is unfortunate and sad indeed, the conditions that should be saved orangutans actually claimed the lives," he said. Orangutan with male gender was aged about 15 years died of non-infectious complications. Suffered burns about 70 percent, or almost all over his body. Large-bodied primates who suffered burns, still moving to rambutan tree. The next day, evacuation efforts succeed. However, the orangutan has been experiencing dehydration and stress of interacting with humans for several days. Orangutans once admitted Daops
Agni Manggala Kalimantan.


Joint team to evacuate, the BKSDA West Kalimantan, Titian Foundation, International Animal Rescue (IAR), Gemawan Institute, and WWF-Indonesia, on August 29 agreed to bring it to the IAR orangutan, so that treatment can be more intensive. On the same day at 19.00 pm, the orangutan was brought by road from Mangala Agni in Rasau Jaya, Kubu Raya, to Ketapang. However, towards the border Kubu Raya district and the District, the orangutan is checked regularly by a veterinarian are accompanying it apparently was not moving. At approximately 22:30 pm, the primate was declared dead.

Based on autopsy results veterinarian Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health West Kalimantan orangutan cause of death was due to non-infectious complications, then burns all over his body, as well as physical stress and dehydration, "said Dwi Yudha Harsanto in his press conference in Pontianak, August 31. Further, the Team Veterinarian necropsy concluded the cause of death orangutan, could be due to burns that cause dehydration, stress, and added complications, and heart orangutan covered about 50 percent fat.

"The story of the demise of orangutans leaves the question of the various groups. That question is reasonable, because the rescue orangutans few days should be done well even claimed the lives of orangutans, "he said. cPetrus assert failure in saving the lives of orangutans is done, due to several factors. These factors meant that the handling of the orangutan is very clear coordination, especially in the handling of animals required special rescue coordination. "But as is the case in the handling of these orangutans are still not up," he explained.

Moreover, he said, based on facts, orangutans rescued smoked by a distance that is too close, so the impact on the burning hair and the body of the orangutan. Basically, says Peter, how fogging aims to dispel the terms orangutans have much of a presence in the place where he was. "Coordination is in preparation, strategies, and actions in terms of handling. Besides communication, communication process and the rescue team at the time of rescue. There should be good communication with the residents at the scene, given as it happens, after the fumigation carried out resulting in the body tebakarnya orangutans, "he said.

According to him, there should be a step or a safe way that can be done by climbing a tree and save the orangutans, in a way tied or fished, then lowered. In the incident, the judge was very clear Peter, conflicts between wildlife and humans have occurred. "The fact that the conflict between humans and wildlife, it started when the animals are getting desperate due to habitat and populations are increasingly threatened by land clearing for plantations and mining," he said.

In addition, according to him, the main reason why orangutans get to the village community, of course, feed or food because they are more limited, is not even available anymore. "This is certainly a concern we shared and all. Conflicts between wildlife and humans lately is likely to increase due to the increasing complexity of issues related to land clearing resulted in the endangerment soul of protected animals such as the orangutan and plants are protected, "he said.

Because until now specialist rescue teams still feels very low and far to be in places where the distribution orangutan was, Peter worried about the increasing threat to the habitat of orangutans and other protected species. "So I think there needs to be specific of handling the rescue orangutans and indeed it is to be done," he concluded.