EFFORTS TO PROTECT REPTILE WELFARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH ISLAMIC VIEWS BY THE REPTILE LOVER COMMUNITY

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the countries that have the most variety of species in the world, because it has a tropical climate. However, many fauna in Indonesia are endangered. This is due to one of them due to human behavior such as the physical development of cities that have an impact on the destruction of animal habitats, the existence of poaching both for consumption and trade, the maintenance of animals that are not appropriate such as feeding, cage area, cage temperature and so forth, the presence of elements its own culture such as the belief that eating or drinking a part of a particular animal will have an impact on increasing endurance and vitality as well as the wrong way of looking at certain animals that lead to killing of certain types of animals. All of these factors result in an oppressed animal that impacts the death and extinction of the animal. The purpose of this study was to determine efforts to protect the welfare of reptiles by reptile-loving communities from an Islamic perspective on social media. This research is a qualitative descriptive study using a netnographic study method in the Facebook group of the DeRIC community (Depok Reptile and Amphibi Community). Through this research it is known that the efforts made by members of the reptile community in protecting the welfare of reptiles are by giving directions such as the perspective and treatment of snakes, maintenance and the proper treatment of reptiles from the view of the Islamic religion. The conclusion of this research is that the efforts made by the reptile-loving community through social media are expected to provide knowledge to the public in protecting the welfare of reptiles from an Islamic perspective.

Keywords: Knowledge, Care Sheet, Welfare of reptiles