Kent RETURNS HOME
[Ind] Kent tiba dari Sangkulirang ke Samboja Lestari pada tanggal 24 Maret 1999, setelah diselamatkan dari kebun warga ini masih berusia 2 bulan dengan berat badan 5 kg. Bayi jantan tanpa induk ini mengalami dehidrasi dan diare parah akibat cacingan. Setelah beberapa tahun di Sekolah Hutan Samboja Lestari, Kent menyelesaikan proses rehabilitasinya tahun 2004 dan ditempatkan di halfway house untuk persiapan pelepasliaran, yang akhirnya dilaksanakan 22 Maret 2014. Saat itu usianya 16 tahun dengan berat badan 45 kilogram. Pada 30 April 2014, tim Post Release Monitoring (PRM) menemukan Kent mengalami luka terbuka di bagian tengkuk, dada, dan lengan kirinya, yang diyakini diakibatkan oleh konflik dengan orangutan jantan lain. Tim juga pernah menyaksikan perkelahian Kent dengan salah satu orangutan jantan, Bajuri, yang telah dilepasliarkan dua hari setelah Kent, pada 24 Maret 2014. Namun tim melihat tidak ada cedera serius akibat perkelahian ini. Luka-luka yang diderita Kent akan mudah terinfeksi tanpa perawatan medis. Sesuai dengan prosedur BOS Foundation, dokter hewan yang bertugas dan tim PRM memutuskan untuk mengevakuasi Kent ke kandang aklimatisasi dan memberikan perawatan intensif. Tidak butuh waktu lama bagi Kent untuk memulihkan diri; nafsu makannya segera kembali dan ia bergerak dengan aktif, namun, saat itu Kehje Sewen sedang musim buah dan wilayah itu dipenuhi lebah. Beberapa sarang lebah ditemukan di sekitar kandang Kent dan ini membuatnya diserang lebah. Kent tidak dapat menahan diri untuk terus menggaruk tubuhnya
sehingga lukanya kembali terbuka dan fasilitas di kamp tidak memadai untuk mendukung perawatan intensif yang diperlukan. Untuk pertama kalinya setelah 28 bulan proses reintroduksi yang berjalan sukses oleh BOS Foundation, kami memutuskan untuk mengevakuasi Kent dan mengembalikannya ke Samboja Lestari pada 23 Mei 2014. Pada 27 Mei 2014, Kent menjalani operasi di Samboja Lestari untuk menjahit luka-lukanya. Berkat perawatan intensif pasca operasi yang diberikan oleh tim medis yang berdedikasi, Kent pun pulih sepenuhnya. Setelah 2 tahun di Samboja Lestari bekerja keras mengembalikan kemampuan bertahan hidup di alam, Kent siap untuk kembali ke Hutan Kehje Sewen. Kini usianya 18 tahun dengan berat badan 50 kg. Semoga kali ini Kent cukup mampu bersaing melawan orangutan jantan lain Hutan Kehje Sewen. Kami semua mendukungmu. Kent! [en] Kent came from Sangkulirang to Samboja Lestari on March 24, 1999, after being rescued from a farmer s field when he was two months old and weighed five kilograms. The orphaned male was suffering from dehydration and severe diarrhea due to a worm infection. After several years in Forest School, Kent completed his rehabilitation process in 2004 and was placed in a halfway house in preparation for his
release, which took place on March 22, 2014. He was 16 years old on release and weighed 45 kilograms. On April 30, 2014, our PRM team found Kent with severe open wounds to his neck, chest, and left arm, which were thought to have been caused through conflict with another male in the forest. On a different occasion, our PRM team had witnessed Kent fighting with Bajuri, another male who was released on March 24, 2014, two days after Kent was released. However, the team had noted that no serious injuries had been inflicted by the altercation with Bajuri. The wounds Kent sustained would have quickly become infected in the wild without medical attention. As per BOS Foundation field procedures, our on-duty vet and the PRM team decided to move Kent to an acclimatization enclosure, where he could get the intensive care he needed. It didn t take long for Kent to make a recovery; he got his appetite back and was again moving actively, however, it was fruiting season in the Kehje Sewen Forest at the time and the area was teeming with bees. A few hives near the enclosure where Kent was being treated meant he suffered from some swarm attacks. Scratching at his bee stings reopened his recovering wounds and facilities in the camp were not sufficient to support the extra treatment he needed. For the first time, and after a long 28-month period of successive reintroductions by the BOS
Foundation, the decision was made to evacuate Kent and return him to Samboja Lestari on May 23, 2014. On May 27, 2014, Kent underwent surgery at Samboja Lestari to stitch his wounds. Thanks to intensive post-surgery care from our dedicated medical team, Kent made a full recovery. After two years of working on regaining his survival skills at Samboja Lestari, Kent is now ready to return to the Kehje Sewen Forest. He is now 18 years old and weighs 50 kilograms. Hopefully this time Kent will be strong enough to stand up to other males in the Kehje Sewen Forest. We re all behind you, Kent!