Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) team together with Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Unsyiah Wildlife Study Center (PKSL), BBTNGL, the Police and local community move towards the release site Sumatran tigers in Leuser Ecosystem (KEL) when night is still pitch black, the clock showed 02.00 am.

Previously, one female Sumatran tiger named IDA is evacuated in Jambo Dalem Village, Trumon Timur District, South Aceh Regency after being trapped June 15, 2020. The name IDA is taken from the name of the village where the Sumatran tiger was rescued.

After it is discovered that tiger had entered the trap, Aceh BKSDA team and related parties immediately went to the crime scene to evacuate tiger to the Conservation Response Unit (CRU) of Naca Village, with the aim of observing several samples which included blood, fur and parasites from the protected animal.

On June 20, 2020 morning the team move from CRU Naca to the village of Gelombang, Sulthan Daulat District, Subulussalam City to use the services of a boat fleet to carry a cage in the form of a silver box containing IDA to the point of release.

The swiftness of Lawe Alas river do not deter the rescuers from completing the mission, for 4 hours Aceh BKSDA team and related parties had to take the river transportation route to location of release point in the Leuser Ecosystem (KEL).

Arriving at location, the team lifted and placed the IDA cage near the tree, and after giving IDA time to calm down, one of the team members climbed the tree to open the cage door.

Shortly after the cage door opened, the IDA let out a ferocious roar as if welcoming its freedom and ran towards the forest its habitat.

The Sumatran tiger is one of the key animals in maintaining the sustainability of the forest ecosystem, but the destruction of the habitat of the king of the jungle has made this vicious animal even more pressed and as a result a number of conflicts between tigers and humans have emerged.

According to data from Aceh BKSDA, conflict between Sumatran tigers and humans occurs every year in Aceh Province due to forest destruction and increased hunting of these protected animals. From 2017 to mid-2020, 46 cases of human-tiger conflict were recorded in the districts of South Aceh, East Aceh, North Aceh, Bener Meriah, Southeast Aceh, West Aceh and the City of Subulussalam.

Meanwhile in 2020, starting from January to mid-June, the Aceh BKSDA and related institutions have captured and released two individual Sumatran tigers to the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) which adjoins the Leuser Ecosystem (KEL).

It is estimated that the future conflict between Sumatran tigers and humans will continue as long as forest clearing continues.