Indonesia: North Sumatra tapir to be returned to wild after giving birth
Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post 3 Sep 19; North Sumatra authorities have postponed a plan to release a female Sumatran tapir into the wild after discovering that she is pregnant. The tapir was previously rescued from a plantation in Asahan regency. After finding out that the tapir was pregnant, the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) decided to transfer the mammal to the Pematang Siantar animal conservation park until it gave birth. North Sumatra BKSDA head Hotmauli Sianturi said the agency would ultimately release the female tapir into the Dolok Surungan wildlife reserve, which is a natural habitat for tapirs. �We were supposed to release the tapir today. However, since she is pregnant, the agency decided it would be safer for it to be released after it has given birth,� Hotmauli told The Jakarta Post on Monday. Hotmauli said an ultrasonography revealed that the tapir was three to four months pregnant. He added that the gestation sac, which contains the embry...