USSY seemed keen on pampering her barely one-month-old infant. Not far from them, Tina was taking things easy, enjoying the fresh air under an acacia tree (acacia nilotica). Doni was just sitting around. On that Friday afternoon, the sun over the Situbondo Baluran National Park, East Java, was scorching.

Ussy, Tina and Doni were no tourists on vacation. They were Javanese banteng (bos javanicus), occupants of the Baluran National Park undergoing