Kawan pengembara,
Tentang tulisan kegiatan WCS di TNGHS pada tanggal 26 September 2009 yang
diterbitkan The Jakarta Post ada kesalahan penulisan, yang dimaksud adalah H5N1
bukan H1N1. Kesalahan itu bukan dari WCS tapi dari editor The Jakarta Post dan
sudah diralat pada tanggal 29 September 2009 di halaman 17.
Iwan Londo
Wildlife Conservation Society - Global Health Program
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Research hopes to shed light on H1N1 and wild bird trade
Theresia Sufa , The Jakarta Post , Bogor | Sat, 09/26/2009 12:06 PM |
City
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has finished a joint research program
with the Halimun Salak Mountain National Park Agency (TNGHS), hoping that the
result from their combined efforts will shed light on wild bird trading.
The research, conducted at the eagle conservation site at TNGHS, looked at the
prevalence and dynamics of the H1N1 Avian Flu pathogen in wild birds sold at
the Empang bird market in Bogor and wild birds roaming the TNGHS area.
Joost Philippa, the manager of the project, part of the Wildlife Conservation
Society's Global Health Program, said research was done from Sept. 5 to Sept.
18 by staff members from TNGHS and dozens of volunteers from Bogor's
universities.
"The research we are doing is more about how we can conserve these species
because the more birds are taken from the wild to be sold the more endangered
they will be in the future," he said.
Researchers collected dead birds from the Empang market and capture wild birds
from TNGHS. Fluid samples were taken from the birds.
"Besides taking samples, we will also measure the bird's weight and take their
picture to put in a database. We also mark the birds by putting rings on their
legs before releasing them back to the wild so if they get captured again we
will be able to tell their movements, survival rate, breeding age, life cycle,
diet and the rate at which the bird carry diseases," Joost said, adding that
the rings were loaned from the Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI).
He said birds from Empang bird market were analyzed because vendors got them
from TNGHS, often putting them in one cage with other wild and domesticated
birds.
He said this facilitated the transfer of avian flu from wild to domesticated
birds, but the flu strain itself originated from wild birds.
He said, the trading of wild birds was a potential breeding ground for new
infectious diseases that may one day threaten the health of humans, domestic
and wild animals.
He said the density and trading of multi species populations could facilitate
transmission and mutation of pathogens such as the H1N1 virus.
He said such pathogens could circulate among wild birds without causing
symptoms but if an infected bird was caged with other species, such as in
chicken farms or bird markets, then this could increase the prevalence of
viruses.
Lia Nugraha, a wildlife veterinary assistant working in the same program said
the samples taken were still being studied at the Bogor Veterinarian Research
Facility (Balitvet).
She said samples from 22 bird species had been examined for two weeks now,
adding that some of the species collected included sparrows, Bondol birds and
the Kutilang birds.
TNGHS birds contributed 100 fluid samples while dead wild birds from bird
markets gave the researchers some 700 samples to work on.
Meanwhile, head of the TNGHS, Bambang Supriyanto, said the park's inventory had
been enriched by the research as no comprehensive study had been previously
conducted on the birds in the Mount Salak area.
He said the results would prove useful for the park's management in protecting
birdlife.
In a separate interview, Ujang, a bird trader working at the Empang bird market
in Bogor, admitted that he had been taking wild birds from the Salak Mountain
and selling them because it was easier since the Mount Salak area was much more
accessible for hunting purposes than the Halimun Mountain or the Gede Pangrango
Mountain.
"I hunt for these birds from the Salak Mountain area, and sometimes I order
some from bird catchers who work in the Halimun Mountain area," said Ujang, who
has been a bird trader since 1980. "Most of the birds sold here are tweeter
birds with good voices like Canaries, Kutilang and the red anis bird," Ujang
said.
The birds may sell for as little as Rp 20,000 (slightly more than US$2.06) up
to Rp 300,000 depending on the species. A good bird with a good voice may even
sell for as much as Rp 1.5 million. However, the cheapest bird for sale in the
market is a sparrow, which costs only Rp 1,000.
Caged wings
The Jakarta Post | Fri, 09/18/2009 12:34 PM | City
An eagle locally known as elang alap jambul (Accipiter trivigartus) peers from
its cage on Thursday. The bird is being temporarily kept inside after Gunung
Halimun Salak National Park rangers seized it from a resident in Cidahu
village, West Java. The elang alap jambul is one of the country’s protected
species.(JP/Theresia Sufa)
