East Binjai: - Accompanied by Scorpion Indonesia Foundation the BBKSDASU
evacuated a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) from the firefighters
office (Damkar) in East Binjai, North Sumatra province, on Sunday (2024/08/18). This animal was brought to Scorpion
Foundation office in Medan and then translocated to Scorpion's Macaque Rescue Center in Hapesong Baru Village,
Batangtoru subdistrict of South Tapanuli Regency.
In Batangtoru, this macaque will undergo a health
examination and rehabilitation process and will then be returned to the wild
when ready.
The firefighters in Binjai explained to the evacuation team
(Rahmadhani from Scorpion and Rio Waldy Sembiring from BBKSDASU) that
previously the macaque was handed over to the Damkar office in Binjai because it
was involved in a conflict with the community. This animal attacked a person which
resulted in the victim being hospitalized. Since then the owner did not want to
still maintaining it.
