They confessed only come here twice. The first to get nine games, but information from the community they often hunt,Balangan, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - The population of bekantan (proboscis monkey) in Balangan need of protection, given their lives in this area is quite open, easy to find, and often are in the residents' plantation.
The bekantan hunt case and the shooting in the village of Sirap, Sub-district of Juai, on Monday (2/5) night, became a new knowledge that proboscis monkeys are still many in the area of Balangan.
Five suspects were interrogated by police justified their hunt for their own consumption, both meat and oil. There is a myth that the proboscis is able to evoke masculinity.
"They confessed only come here twice. The first to get nine games, but information from the community they often hunt," said Juai Sector Police Chief Iptu Naf'an.
Three proboscis monkeys and two hirangan dead and buried behind Juai police station. The population of bekantan in Juai, Balangan, turned out quite a lot.
Sirap Village Head Nanang Trianto said, they were (bekantan) still widely in the Juai.
Many proboscis monkeys and other apes roam in the citizens' garden. It look like no hunting of these animals, but the socialization of so precious and protected bekantan are had never been there.
"During this time there was no sort of socialization or appeal from the government not to hunt for proboscis monkeys," he said.
Since 2000, conservation agencies entered the proboscis as protected animals and included in the Endangered status. Bekantan also included in the list as a CITES Appendix I (should not be traded both national and international).
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