
Director of Indonesia Animals Suwarno said poaching of wildlife using airguns by society increasingly prevalent. Even thought the people no longer care about the sustainability of the wildlife habitat.
Suwarno added based on the results of investigations conducted Indonesia Animals, people do not just shoot pest animals to plants, but also animals protected Act (Act).
"The ownership of airguns freely be one of the causes of reduced wildlife populations, even lately increasingly prevalent in some areas. The hunt for wild animals such as a trend and they are no longer concerned with wildlife populations are dwindling and threatened," he said, Tuesday (9/12).
Furthermore Suwarno said, in Indonesia the number of hunting wild animals reached more than 100 cases. Several types of wild animals hunted favorite is the Java monkey, chicken Forest, Squirrel and Weasel with hunting locations in the region and Pujon Karangploso, Malang.
He considered the rampant poaching of wildlife and protected it due to lack of supervision and regulation governing the use of airguns. In addition, according to the hunters also argue hobby, and on the other side of law enforcement officers slow to respond, especially in air rifle owners who use caliber bullets under 5 millimeters.
He asserted, authorities must act firmly and continuously tight control pellet gun owners are not to be used for things that violate the law, such as hunting wildlife laws.
"This trend is also coupled by uploading hunted wild animals that die to their social networks. The condition is very poor, even make us sad as the institution concerned with animals," he said.
recently institute "Protection of Forest and Fauna" (PROFAUNA) stated number of hunting and wildlife trade in Indonesia is still high. A number of wild animals being traded illegally, among which is the type of orangutans, lemurs, Javan langur, gibbon, pangolin, green turtle, bird of paradise, a cockatoo king, leather stuffed tiger and elephant ivory.
Trade in protected species is not only for domestic consumption, but also smuggled out of the country, among others, to Kuwait, France and China. Disclosure of endangered species trade case it shows that the illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia is still high.
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