Bengkulu (Antara Bali) - The Bengkulu Provincial Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) on Wednesday returned dozens of seized pangolins (Manis javanica) and snakes to their habitat in the Seblat Nature Park, North Bengkulu District.
"We released 24 pangolins and dozens of snakes this morning. All of them are in good health and returned to the wildlife," Head of Bengkulu BKSDA Anggoro Dwi Sujiarto said here on Wednesday.
The endangered animal species were seized after the Kepahiang police foiled an attempt to smuggle them from Bengkulu to neighboring Jambi province on Monday (May 13).
The animals were delivered to the BKSDA and later returned to their habitat around the Seblat Elephant Training Center in North Bengkulu.
A total of 25 pangolins were seized. However, one of them died due to lack of food during the poacher's captive, BKSDA official Supartono said. (*/DWA)
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