good evening steemit friend, tonight I will make a post with the theme of protected rare animals

hornbill or ranggong, this animal is very rare in Indonesia, this bird is almost extinct because of irresponsible human cruelty, they always hunt this rare animal for its own sake

Hornbill, Hornbill, Julang, Kangkareng is a kind of bird that has the beak of cow horn but without circle. Usually the beak is light-colored.

Gunung Leuser National Park Office, Sunday (14/6/15), managed to grasp the hands of two sellers hornbill parake (hornbills). The perpetrator was arrested while going to sell the 12 bird beaks protected by the Act.

Andi Basrul, head of BBTNGL, interviewed Mongabay in Medan, said their arrest after the development of another case has been revealed. From the case development of several agencies in several regions in Indonesia, it mentions the hornbill beak taken from Aceh forest, especially in Gunung Leuser National Park.

From the investigation, managed to get accurate information of the perpetrator named, Zamaas (38), was in North Sumatra to collect this beak. Perpetrators of the international network part of hornbill trade. After two days of reconnaissance, managed to find another actor, Alba (28), had studied in Pekanbaru.

Three officers disguised as buyers. "Both suspects were hooked, and carried 12 hornbill beaks. After the evidence was shown, the eight officers immediately raided two suspects in Namo Tongan Village, Kutambaru, Langkat along with two cell phones, and weighing scales, "Basrul said. BBNNGL also secured two home-made firearms. This weapon is suspected to hunt hornbills.