A clouded leopard is beaten by villagers in West Sumatra after it kills two goat, gunshot wounds and stabbing marks were also found on its body. The clouded leopard survive and rescued by the authority, but died on its way to a nearby vet. Terkam Kambing Warga Limapuluh Kota, Macan Dahan Tewas Ditembak dan Dibacok
A rare Sumatran serow is killed and consumed by villagers in North Sumatra. Terancam Punah, Kambing Hutan Sumatera Malah Disembelih Warga Labura
It would be cool if some procedure existed to teach villagers how to avoid wildlife damage. And to move conflict animals to zoos instead. Indonesia seems to be very well connected by mobile internet, so even very remote areas could easily communicate.
I think there are programes to try to mitigate human-wildlife conflict between communities and tigers, orangutang and crocodiles but I've never heard of any specifically related to clouded leopards.
On many Islands, occupied and claimed by Indonesia, live people who, in more advanced countries, would be regarded as living in fairly primitive conditions. These people have very little money to buy things that most of us take for granted. Neither do they receive much, if any, support from authorities etc.. They have virtually no way of making their lives better. To these villagers most animals are food, and are caught whenever they can. Although to us this is not right, to them it is often the means of survival. On islands such as Sulawesi there are many villages that are very seldom visited by outsiders, and these folk still live much as they have for past centuries. To them an animal is an animal, and represents food, so there is no consideration of whether it is a rare species or not. Sadly this attitude also exists in villages that are not really in need of these food sources. In many parts of the island there are very few birds or mammals to be seen as the people still take whatever they can. Even the protected reserves see poaching continue to occur. Markets normally have a wide range of butchered wildlife on display, and as well have many species that are known to be protected, such as macaques, kept 'under the counter' and available to people who are known to stall holders. There really is no excuse for this! Is there an answer to the problem?
I understand what you mean and largely agree with you but I don't think it always comes down to extractive use of wildlife in Indonesia as there are all kinds of ontologies and conceptions of the natural world which varies widely according to region, religion / spiritual belief, ethnic group etc. That said the same situation with bushmeat and extractive use of fauna can be found widely throughout many regions of Latin America and certainly in Africa too. It is a very hard problem to tackle wherever it occurs in the world because many "protected areas" are merely "paper parks" and "fortress style" conservation is for the most part not an effective means of preventing hunting for bushmeat etc. I don't think there is any one answer / solution to the problem but rather it must be tackled on a case by case basis through community based conservation. Without greater understanding of the socio-cultural and socio-economic drivers of both hunting for and consumption of commercialized bushmeat it is impossible to tackle the trade.
Community engagement, local empowerment and adaptive alternative income generations. Part and parcel of any durable sound conservation program. To be done on a case by case base, not easy, but any program takes a few "biodiversity" mad ambassadors to do so, both local people and trained conservationists.
Speaking of serows, anyone knows where this pic was taken? I believe some Indonesian zoos may kept Sumatran serows in the past. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Sumatran_Serow_(Capricornis_sumatraensis),_December_2006.JPG
For now, our enemy would be corrupt and destructive capitalists who destroy forests and convert them into oil palm crops, which forced the animals to leave their habitats and live with humans.
Yes, maybe very hard to implement in a case by case basis but probably necessary I think. Especially given how widely conditions can vary from village to village and region to region in terms of socio-economics, religion, environmental impact across Indonesia. I don't think it would be possible to develop a "one size fits all" approach to these kinds of issues.
I thought it was in Ragunan. It's a shame that zoos like Taman Safari or Batu Secret Zoo hasn't tried exhibiting and breeding them.
Since Taman Safari focuses on endangered native fauna, it's a good idea for them to exhibit serows in the future.
A video of four men abusing a black-crested Sumatran langur (Presbytis melalophos) went viral in Indonesia, the video takes place near a river in West Sumatra. The four men, plus two others, is caught yesterday and apologized. VIDEO: Pelaku Penyiksaan Satwa Monyet Simpai Ditangkap
A viral video showing a sun bear drinking a cooking oil in a kitchen in West Sumatra. But, it's not the first time the bear has entered the kitchen, but in fact, the fifth times.
Mini documentary from VICE on rising rates of human wildlife conflict between communities and the Sumatran tiger in Indonesia:
A sun bear is shot death by the authority in South Kalimantan after entering a residential area. Akhirnya Ditembak Mati, Beruang Madu di Pagatan Sempat Masuk Areal Perumahan Warga - Banjarmasin Post
A pilot is caught in the Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport for transporting 180 birds from Sentani. The birds are 6 palm cockatoos, 5 Pesquet's parrots, 1 sulphur-crested cockatoo, 44 orange-billed lorikeets, 10 eclectus parrots, 8 brown lories, 16 greater birds-of-paradise, 2 twelve-wired birds-of-paradise, and 88 black-capped lories. KLHK Tetapkan AS, Tersangka Penyelundupan Burung Dilindungi |Republika Online
