Jokowi akan Lepas Monyet Hasil Razia ke Pulau Seribu
Jakarta Governor to Release Raided Monkeys to Pulau Seribu
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Sebanyak 67 ekor monyet hasil razia yang dilakukan Pemprov DKI beberapa waktu lalu telah dinyatakan sehat oleh Dinas Kelautan dan Pertanian (DKP) DKI Jakarta. Rencananya, puluhan monyet tersebut akan dilepasliarkan di Kepulauan Seribu. Pelepasan rencananya akan dilakukan saat curah hujan mulai berkurang.
Seperti diketahui, pengelola TMR menolak menampung monyet-monyet hasil razia yang dilakukan Pemprov DKI Jakarta. Sebab, monyet jalanan tersebut mayoritas menderita penyakit menular seperti TBC dan hepatitis. Sehingga dikhawatirkan jika tetap ditampung di Ragunan bisa menularkan penyakit berbahaya tersebut.
Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Joko Widodo mengatakan, pihaknya sengaja memilih Kepulauan Seribu untuk melepas monyet-monyet tersebut. Sebab, pengelola Taman Margasatwa Ragunan (TMR) menolak untuk menampung hewan hasil razia itu lantaran menderita penyakit menular.
"Banyaklah tempatnya, di Pulau Seribu juga ada. Banyak lokasi yang bisa dipilih, tapi yang terlokalisir lah. Karena monyetnya sakit. Banyak penyakitnya, seperti hepatitis dan TBC. Jadi kalau TMR nggak mau ya sudah," kata Jokowi di Balaikota DKI Jakarta, Kamis (6/2).
Kepala Dinas Kelautan dan Peternakan DKI Jakarta, Ipih Ruyani menambahkan, dari total 83 ekor monyet hasil razia, sebanyak 67 ekor sudah dinyatakan sehat. Sehingga monyet tersebut siap untuk dilepaskan. Sementara sisanya yakni 16 ekor, masih menderita TBC, sehingga masih harus menjalani perawatan. "Monyet yang siap dilepaskan ada 67 ekor. Sisanya 16 ekor masih menderita TBC," kata Ipih.
Dikatakan Ipih, ada tiga pulau sebagai lokasi pelepasan puluhan monyet tersebut. Lokasinya, yakni di Pulau Tikus, Pulau Damar dan Pulau Bokor. "Nanti dilepasnya kalau kondisi cuaca sudah baik," kata Ipih.
Jakarta (B2B) - The monkeys that were raided by Jakarta Provincial Government will be release into the forest. This is because the Ragunan Zoo (TMR) did not want to take the risk by accepting the monkeys that used as topeng monyet (a kind of door-to-door monkey performance).
Jakarta Governor, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that he understand the rejection made by the manager of the Ragunan Zoo. If the monkeys were taken together, other animals would be infected and very dangerous.
"Monkeys are suffering from various diseases, such as hepatitis and tuberculosis," Jokowi said in Jakarta.
He continued, those monkeys will be treated first for healing. After they were recovered, they will be released back to the forest or natural habitat. "We`ll treat the monkeys first and then released to the forest," he told.
As known, medical examination has been done to the 83 monkeys in the office of Animal and Fish Health Center, Jl. Ragunan, South Jakarta. From the results of the examination, they were known having diseases, such as tuberculosis and hepatitis. Even most monkeys suffer from intestinal worms.
Initially, the monkeys will be housed in the Ragunan Zoo. But its manager refused it, considering the monkeys had a disease and endanger for other animals. These monkeys were raided in order to free the city from topeng monyet in 2014. Despite getting protest from some parties, Jokowi keeps conducting raids. The reason is topeng monyet is a form of exploitation of animals and have got the international spotlight.
