Wani Care Foundation

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 8^th we released her in the forest of Sagaranten nature reserve not far from Cikananga. In this area we also released our other 2 pythons (November 2010). In the afternoon we drove with 7 volunteers, vet Sabrina, Usup (keeper of Kaka) and myself to Sagaranten. A very full care as you can imagine and a lot of eyes that where focused on us and many laughing faces from local people that we passed on the road to Sagaranten. I am sure they never saw so many foreigners sitting in a back of a truck!  Haha

Release of Kaka by Usup

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 30^th. We thought that Hedwig was held as a pet, but the story behind Hedwig was that he flew against a car, the men who hid Hedwig broth him strayed to us after the accident. So after we received this information we released Hedwig in the area of Cikananga. It is feels always so good if we can release an animal so quick after we receive them. Hedwig is free as a bird again:-)

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 in his new aria, hopefully one day he will also have new friend to company him.
Jordy, Charissa and Janine thanks a lot for the hard an good work you did.

Charissa at work

New enrichment

New cage Gugun

Kittens in the clinic

Friday the 13^th 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 because they were alone in the nest! He broth the two kittens to his house where he held them for one night. The next morning he didn’t know what to do with them and broth them to us! It’s so sad! The men thought he was helping the kittens, but what he really did was taking the kittens away from their mother! Probably on the moment he found the kittens the mother was looking for food. He didn’t know exactly where he found the kittens and besides that it was probably already to late to reintroduce the kittens to the mother again.
On the moment they are in our animal clinic where whey check their condition, weight and to see how they are eating. After we are sure they are healthy and eating/drinking good they will get a nice and big cage inside the park. We hope that they will grow quick so we can release them soon to their natural habitat.

Medical check-up

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 .

Janine gives a presentation

The program aims to increase the knowledge regarding animal conservation, environmental values and welfare and behavior towards animals. Through the program students also learn about how to take care of animals and how the animals go through the rehabilitation process in the center. Did in the way of letting the children helping with giving food to the animals, making all kinds of enrichment and learning about the enrichment methods, Providing leaves and branches inside the cage and planting new trees in the area of Cikananga.

Janine playing games with the children from EE program

On May 5^th Al Jabr Elementary School from Jakarta visited Cikananga Wildlife Center to follow our EE program. They wanted to learn how rescue centers are organized, how to take care of animal from illegal trade, what the problems are where animal rescue centers struggling with, why you should not keep a wild animal as a pet, why nature is so important for all of us (animals and human).
Students became familiar in the; Don’t Keep Wild Animal as a Pet campaign through games and drawing a poster about Animals and Habitat. Janine, one of the volunteers from the Netherlands guides the children trough the games she made specially for our EE program. Next to that she cave a presentation about animal welfare and the 5 freedom rules for animals. The students were very enthusiastic and really did their best to learn as much as possible.