Conservationists on Friday airlifted five man-eating tigers from Aceh to the South Bukit Barisan National Park in Lampung, ending an eight-month quarantine period for the animals…. “The Jakarta Post”
How should we react when we hear that two of those tigers are going to be released when we (mistakenly) thought that the release point is [...]
Archive for the ‘Conservation’ Category
28 Jul
The man-eaters are here!
25 Jul
Rare, elusive, or undetected
In the morning breeze of tropical rainforest of Southern Sumatra, a colugo (Cynocephalus variegatus) glided and landed at a branch of tree. This ancient mammal of Southeast Asia reminded me of the ancient age when flying ability was evolved. Jump, climb, or glide. With the grayish color, this mammal is well camouflaged [...]
28 May
Permits, another research hassle
Tropical rainforest of the Southeast Asia have always been fascinated to naturalists and scientists, even Alfred Russel Wallace came back here again and again. For the scientific concerns, the old world of Asian tropical forest offers so many things to see and study. In the 21st century, the chance of finding new species [...]
19 May
A school in the forest
A friend of mine in Friendster put ‘Way Canguk research station’ in her school list. I guess she’s right. My ’school’ time in here was started back in the end of 1997, about 6 months after it was built. This is a research station built by the Wildlife Conservation Society—Indonesia Program in [...]
12 May
The tigers next door
How do you feel if you live side-by-side with tigers? Deep in the night, a tiger was in your garden, hoping that an easy ‘goat’ meal would be his nice dinner. What a relief if all he left was just a scratch mark on the wooden cage and the goat is safe.
Recent Comments