http://www.wanicare.com Currenlty working for animal rescue centre PPSC Indonesia Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:20:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Also this year the Wanicare foundation is organizing a benefit concert together with Brigitte van Hagen and Jan van Wijk. It’s already the 4th benefit concert we organize together. Everybody is more than welcome to join the benefit concert on Friday 28 of October 20.00 pm, at the art gallery of ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/09/benefit-concert-for-wanicare/ The Wanicare Foundation was invited to give a presentation for the Rotary Club Hoogeveen-Middenveld. Ones a year the Rotary asks 3 charity projects to give a presentation about their work. After these 3 presentation the Rotary will make a choice which project they like the most and who fits the best ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/07/presentation-for-the-rotary-club/ Last Friday (01-07) the Wanicare foundation presented together with SLIM and Xinix a benefit concert. The entre was 5 euro per person and the whole benefit was for Wanicare. There were four bands that performed : De Theezakjes Fictrious Two Face Sugar Sweet We are very thankful for all the hard work Anje ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/07/benefit-concert-at-the-xinix-for-wanicare/ After 3 ½ wonderful year at PPSC I decided that my time at PPSC had to end as I felt that I had to take new steps and challenges together with the Wanicare Foundation. In the past years at PPSC I learned a lot and I think the Wanicare ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/06/a-new-challenge-for-wanicare/ In Cikananga and the near aria, we started a free sterilization and medical help program for cats and dogs that are held as pets. We where receiving more and more requests from the people in Cikananga if we could castrate their cat or if we could help their dog that ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/06/sterilization-program-in-cikananga/ Python Kaka, who we received in very bad condition is back to the forest. After she recovered well from her medical problems and her appetite was good we decided that it was time to release her. On June 8th we released her in the forest of Sagaranten nature ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/06/kaka-the-python-is-free/ Happily we were able to release our Barn owl (Tyto alba) Hedwig after 6 day’s staying in PPSC . We received Hedwig on April the 30th. We thought that Hedwig was held as a pet, but the story behind Hedwig was that he flew against a car, the men ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/06/release-of-barn-owl/ The last month 3 volunteers that are following their education at Helicon, Velp in the Netherlands did a great job; They prepared a new cage for our panther Gugun. They made many new enrichment, planted trees bushes and many thinks where he can climb on. Gugung looks very happy ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/05/new-cage-for-gugun-the-panther/ [caption id="attachment_705" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Kittens in the clinic"][/caption] Friday the 13th of May was this time really an unlucky day! Two Leopard cat kittens where handed over to us. This after a men found them while he was in the forest near at Nyalindung. He thought the mother left the kittens ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/05/a-sad-story-of-two-leopard-cat-kittens/ The education program (EE Program) of PPSC is running very well. More and more students are coming to Cikananga to learn about Indonesia’s endangered animals and their habitat . [caption id="attachment_731" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Janine gives a presentation"][/caption] The program aims to increase the knowledge regarding animal conservation, environmental ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/05/education-program-ppsc/ Happily we were able to confiscate to Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) again in the area of Nyalindung. Sunday 1st of May we went to 4 owners where we knew of that they were keeping Macaques. 2 of the owners were willing to handing over the macaques. 1 female with the ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/05/two-long-tailed-macaques-rescued-again/ A privet owner handed over a Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and a Reticulated Python (Python reticulates), Last Saturday April 30th to PPSC. The owl, who we gave the name Hedwig, is in good condition, after we did medical body check up, taking cloacae swab to test the owl on diseases and ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/05/owl-and-snake-handed-over-handed-to-ppsc/ At 25th of April we received a phone call from the foresters of National park Gede-Pangrango, near at Sukabumi. About a baby Ebony leaf monkey (Trachypithecus auratus) that they rescued. This after the mother with baby was separated from their group, because they were disturbed by a Long-tail macaque. The ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/04/rescued-baby-ebony-leaf-monkey-reunited-with-mother/ Unfortunately there are still many macaques being held as pet animals here in Indonesia. Also in the near aria of Cikananga! Macaques aren’t protected animals and it is legal to have them as pets. In the most cases they are held in the most terrible way. For example in a ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/04/engkis-the-long-tail-macaque/ Last Saturday (April 2) we made the very difficult decision to put Gede in to sleep (euthanize)! It was a really hard decision to make for us but the best for Gede. His pressure wounds where getting worse and a few days after we amputate his tail the same ... http://www.wanicare.com/2011/04/farewell-gede/