[ad_1]
Harianjogja.com, SLEMAN– The Mount Merapi National Park Office (BTNGM) confirmed that the footprints left on the concrete road of the Suruh-Singlar evacuation route, Dusun Ngancar, Glagaharjo, Cangkringan, Sleman, on Friday (11/20/2020) they did not come from leopards. The tracks came from a dog.
The head of BTNGM Pujiati reached this conclusion based on the monitoring carried out by his institution and the Controller of Forest Ecosystems (PEH).
READ ALSO: Last night there were 7 voices of abortion in Merapi
“We went there before, bringing PEH who is used to dealing with leopards. PEH often comes surveillance leopards and others. Then earlier I went to Glagaharjo Village. We also made an explanatory video, which was clearly a dog trail. Because, the cat breed is like a lynx (felis bengalensis), a house cat, or a tiger if they walk their nails are always hidden, it is impossible to get out, ”said Pujiati on Tuesday (11/24/2020).
Meanwhile, footprints on the Suruh-Singlar evacuation route show fingernail marks. So the animal’s foot pads are also triangular.
“It is clearly a dog trail. If the tiger tends to be slightly rounded or slightly oval. That’s an explanation from PEH, “Pujiati said.
BTNGM will attempt to install multiple cameras around the Suruh-Singlar evacuation route because several residents claimed to have seen leopards in the area.
READ ALSO: With the participation of Ulama and academics, the Ministry of Religion prepares manuscripts of Friday’s sermon
Previously, several residents suspected that the footprints left on the concrete road that were not completely dry were leopards.
Glagaharjo Village Kopral One (Koptu) Village Guidance Officer (Babinsa) Eko Widodo said that in 2018 he and the residents, along with Mount Merapi National Park Resort in the Cangkringan region, had verified the existence of leopards after the Mount Merapi phreatic eruption.
“We extracted information from several residents. Some claimed to have seen it. They said it was indeed a type of leopard. But, until now, the existence of the leopard was only based on information from residents, the images did not exist yet,” he said.
