ProFauna Demands for the Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sumatera to Stop

Thousands of agrarian animals are bent from the agrarian in the Island to accumulation the calm and all-embracing actionable wildlife trade. Unrestricted all-embracing barter in wildlife and wildlife articles threatens abounding breed or their populations with chance and afterlife said Jorge Luis Basave IFAW’s Asia Pacific Wildlife Campaigns Officer.

The alarming top akin wildlife barter in Sumatra prompted ProFauna Indonesia’s activists to date a affirmation alleged "Last Killing” on 17 September 2008 in foreground of the Forestry Ministry Office in Jakarta. In their campaign, ProFauna urges the government to barrier and stop the actionable wildlife barter in Sumatra. The wildlife barter has become a austere blackmail to wildlife conservation. It has been accurate that the actionable industry is blame abounding species’ afterlife ante above acceptable levels. The analysis aswell baldheaded the animality and abomination of the actionable wildlife trade. Thousands of animals die atrociously due to barbarous poaching methods, poor transportation, bad administration and an incorrect diet.

Illegal wildlife barter in Sumatra usually takes abode in a alert manner; however, in some locations like Bintang abominable bazaar in Medan, North Sumatera, and 16 Ilir abominable bazaar in Palembang, South Sumatera, it happens openly. Many adequate breed like the apathetic loris, active gibbon, mitered-leaf monkey, langur, eagle, sulphur-crested Cockatoo, siamang, sun bear, etc., are awash in these two markets. Many are banned to Jakarta by even to accumulation the calm markets and to Singapore and Malaysia through Belawan and Tanjung Balai ports.

In just bisected a year, at atomic 30 tones of pangolin meat, contrarily accepted as scaly ant eater, are banned from Sumatera. The axial hub is in Palembang, South Sumatera. The all-inclusive majority of this backcountry meat ends up in Malaysia. While a kilogram of pangolin meat is about 10 USD in Palembang, it costs about 200 USD per kilo in Malaysia. On 30 July 2008, the Indonesian badge accept auspiciously raided actionable traders and confiscated 8.3 tonnes pangolin meat in the city.

Sumatera is aswell the centermost of abbey suppliers to pet markets in Java Island. Every year, almost 15,000 primates from Sumatera are banned to abominable markets in Jakarta and added markets in Java. The abbey breed primarily traded are the long-tailed monkey, pig-tailed monkey, apathetic loris, mitered-leaf monkey, langur, active gibbon, and siamang. The above suppliers are amid in Lubuk Linggau and Prabumulih regions in South Sumatera.

According to the 1990 wildlife law apropos Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservations, trading in adequate breed is prohibited. Offenders will accept up to a 5 year bastille book and up to IDR 100 millions (US$ 11,000) in fine. Asep R. Purnama, ProFauna’s campaigns officer, stated,”The Forestry Ministry and the Police have to conduct operation to barrier the aggressive wildlife barter in Sumatera. To accouterment the actionable trade, the confiscation operation should be followed by law enforcement.” Illegal wildlife barter is a atrocious abomination that have to not go unpunished.

Editor’s notes:

· For added advice amuse acquaintance Butet A Sitohang, International Communication Officer, mobile: +6281333899741 or email: international@profauna.org

· ProFauna Indonesia is an breath and activating wildlife aegis alignment accustomed in 1994. With the abutment of its associates all over the country, ProFauna saves wildlife through campaign, education, investigation, and abominable rescue.

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