During this time the
java wart hogs was believed to be extinct. (BBC)
Jakarta -Java wart Hogs is
in threatened so fine by hunting and habitat
loss, so the environmental conservationist who
observed its Habitat believed that this animal has
suffered extinction.
But the
camera-camera traps reveal that there are still a small
population of pigs or pork warts bagong it can
survive in the jungles of Java is getting bald.
The
observation team said that they will now work hard
to protect the habitat of rare animals.
The
survey was led by
Dr. Johanna Rode-Margono of Chester Zoo, who said
that he and his counterparts ' very girang ' see
that pigs were still there.
Motion activated cameras that capture images of animals (BBC)
The
last previous studies about this lowland forest
area occurred in the year 2004 and concluded that the
population of the species shrank drastically.
"We worry all
or most of the species will disappear," he told BBC
News.
The
conflict of human-pig
Animals
with furry face and full of blackheads, this is
probably not the most photogenic animals on the island
of Java, but Dr. Rode-Margono said that they
take an essential role in the ecology of forest-land to
cultivate and spread the seeds when they are foraging for
food.
And
in Java, the
most populous island in Indonesia, they are also a symbol
of the gravity of
the human pressure continued in the tropical forests
of Indonesia.
Pig habitat
loss due to deforestation for agricultural and
urban development. But pigs also
face direct conflict with humans. This animal is
considered a pest and is often hunted because
they frequently plundered plant citizens.
Most of the plains in java have swutched functions for housing and agriculture (BBC)
"Hunting (wart hog) for
sports is also a threat to others," said
Dr. Rode-Margono. Also hunting for a mere whim. "And the
species it may have connection
with boar Europe." It could have resulted
in species that lead to extinction.
"That
means the threat against him continues and if we
don't do anything, the morethe population will
disappear," said Dr. Rode-Margono.
"This great
danger, great danger warning to this affair."
A Wildlife Center in
Java already started breeding swine program warts that Latin
names Sus verrucosus, and scientists hope
to identify other areas that allow these animals are
released and are protected in nature wild.
"There
is still hope," said Dr. Rode-Margono told BBC
News. "If we could
design a conservation projects effectively, maybe we
can preserve these animals."
"For
me," he added, "it's not bad wart hog flesh-they
are beautiful."
"And
everything in the ecosystem we are connected to each
other-every tree, every plant, every animal. They all
are interdependent of each other. "
"If
there is one missing, as a result of the other could be
lost anyway, it is a chain reaction that we
cannot predict what will happen."
Source:
BBC Magazine
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