Environment

Jakarta, VOI News - Indonesian conservationists said on Friday they had caught red-handed a 92-year-old man who had admitted to killing dozens of critically endangered Sumatran tigers over a lifetime of hunting. “We caught him Thursday while he was sailing a traditional wooden boat in a river in Kuala Cinaku with evidence of skin, skull and 8.3 kilos of bones from a tiger,” Iwin Kasiwan, from the natural conservation agency in Riau province, Sumatra, said.

Jakarta, VOI News - Two tigers are believed to have mauled chickens and ducks in Ujung Tanah village, Samadua, South Aceh, a local official said Tuesday. “The tigers have frightened local residents over the last few days as their chickens were mauled and their footprints were detected around residential areas,” said S. Junaidi, Samadua district head, in south Aceh’s capital Tapaktuan. Junaidi said he had immediately notified the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) about the tigers. “A quick response is needed before the animals cause any further damage,” he told Antara state news agency.

Jakarta, VOI News - A man is receiving an intensive medical treatment at Raden Mattaher Hospital in Jambi city after surviving a tiger attack on Thursday, Antara reported. The tiger mauled Ishak, 37, late at night on Thursday as the sandalwood collector was resting inside a hut. One of his friends ran for a help and managed to release him from the carnivore.

Bogor , VOI News - Radio Republik Indonesia RRI is comitted to continuously undertake "Green Radio" programs to help mitigate the impact of global warming mainly brodcasting enviromental issues to the public. This time the green campaign is marked by  the  signing of Memorandum of understanding between President Director of RRI, Parni Hadi and President Director of Dompet Duafa Republika, Ismail A Said, at El Tahfidz Islamic Bording School in Cileungsi, Bogor, West Java, Saturday.