Sumatran Tiger Lanustika Released in Riau Conservation Area

TheIndonesia.id - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) through the Riau Natural Resources Conservation Center (KSDA) in collaboration with the Arsari Djodjohadikusumo Foundation released a Sumatran tiger named Lanustika in a conservation area in Riau on March 26, 2022. Lanustika was captured last year.

"Lanustika is a Sumatran tiger that was captured due to a conflict with humans in Teluk Lanus Village, Sungai Apit District, Siak Regency on August 29, 2021," said Acting Head of Riau KSDA Center Fifin Arfiana Jogasara in a statement from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry received in Jakarta, Monday, March 28, 2022.

Jogasara explained that the effort to capture Lanustika was carried out by a joint team consisting of the Riau KSDA Center and the Arsari Foundation, using traps in a process that lasted eight days from August 31 to 8 September 2021. The three-year-old tiger was finally caught on September 8, 2021, at 18.30 WIB.

On September 13, 2021, Lanustika was declared healthy and recovered with ideal conditions (Body Condition Score) and was declared eligible to be released with a weight gain of 108 kilograms and a length of 203 centimeters. It weighed 85.2 kilograms and is 145 centimeters long at the time being caught.

"This release process takes approximately 15 hours, and on March 26, 2022 at around 08.00 WIB, Alhamdulillah, the release of Lanustika can be carried out smoothly," said Jogasara.

Lanustika release refers to SE Director General of KSDAE of The Ministry of Environment and Forestry Number 8/KSDAE/KKH/KSA.2/5/2020 regarding technical instructions for releasing wild animals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The release is also proof of leadership by the example carried by the G20 Presidency of Indonesia, through Indonesia's concrete actions in saving biodiversity and biodiversity, which are one of the issues in the field of environment and climate change discussed at the G20 meeting.

"With this release, hopefully, the Sumatran tiger, which is a protected animal and is listed on the IUCN red list as critically endangered, can thrive," she said.

In the future, the Riau KSDA Balai Besar Team with related parties will carry out field monitoring after the release.