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By APD writer Maverick
JAKARTA, Nov. 2 (APD) — After went through 31 days of quarantine period since their arrival in Indonesia late last month, management of the nation’s safari park was eager to open the exhibit of two giant pandas from China for public in the near future.
In a media tour program held in the park’s panda exhibit located in hilly area near the capital city Jakarta, Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) Director Jansen Manansang said that the two giant pandas, namely Cai Tao and Hu Chun, were in excellent health condition and ready to receive visit of Indonesian panda enthusiasts.
“Results of quarantine process for Cai Tao and Hu Chun were excellent. Figures from health examinations over them were good. The most important things now the food and the habitat were exactly the same like in their origin places,” Jansen said in TSI facility in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday.
He added that the panda pairing were now well-adapted with local climate, weather and crews would take care of them.
After being opened for public, the TSI management would limit visitors eager to watch the pandas at 200 people maximum each day, Jansen said.
He added that the management is now assessing the proper date to publicly open the exhibit
for public display this month.
Bongot Huaso Mulia, the panda veterinarian who monitors the health of Cai Tao and Hu Chun said that during quarantine period weights of the two pandas have increased 6 and 8 kilograms from 128 and 113 kilograms recorded in their arrivals.
He said that 90 percent of their dietary were bamboo which were plenty around the exhibit. The TSI has planted at least 19 varieties of bamboo for those pandas since 2015.
TSI has allocated 5,000 meter square of exhibit for the two giant pandas, namely Indonesian Panda Castle, in a buffer zone of Gunung Gede Pangrango national conservancy park in Bogor regency, about 55 kilometers south of Jakarta, at a height of 1,800 meters above sea level with average temperature between 15 to 24 degree celsius.
Jansen said earlier that the facility and exhibit for the two giant pandas in Indonesia were the best in Southeast Asia region. The panda exhibit in TSI is featured with Chinese culture-themed restaurant and a store that sells panda-associated souvenirs.
Cai Tao and Hu Chun were originated from China’s Wolong panda base.
They arrived in Indonesia with a 5-hour direct flight from Chengdu to Jakarta on September 28, transported by Indonesian flag carrier airlines of Garuda Indonesia.
The Chinese giant panda breeding in Indonesia was resulted from China-Indonesia breeding loan agreement, enabling the two pandas to stay at least 10 years in Indonesia before returned to China after bred their children for Indonesia.
The panda breeding loan agreement was part of the two nations’ animal conservancy cooperation, initiated in 2013 to celebrate 63 years of China-Indonesia diplomatic relations.
It was followed by the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) document by TSI and China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) related to the arrival and placement of the two pandas in Indonesia.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
