17 Juli 2017 – A snap shot of the Leopard Rehabilitation enclosure we are building with in partnership with FOUR PAWS. After the Idul Fitri national holiday the work is resumed and we are very happy to see the development of the huge spacious enclosures! #SavetheJavanLeopard

16 July 2017 – Today in #AnimalsofCikananga: Femi, Sumatran orang-utan (Pongo abelii) IUCN status: Critically Endangered

Femi was caught from the wild before she was 6 months old, most likely her mother was shot in front of her eyes. We can be pretty sure about this considering young Orang-utans stay directly with the mother at this age, and the mother will protect her child at all costs. This terrible trauma becomes more absurd as she was shipped to Java: Femi was found in a post-parcel at a bus station when travellers noticed the package moving. After opening Femi was found… This only shows how horrible the trade is, and makes clear why getting a Orang-utan as a pet is cruel for so many reasons.

In the July and August of this year we share a series of photo’s we call #AnimalsofCikananga. With this series we hope to give some insights and backgrounds on the rescued animals that are here in Cikananga and are so typical for the many challenges wild animals face in Indonesia.

Of course, we also hope to raise some extra attention to the work we do for the animals, the –very often-  tragic situations and hope to find some help, financially or otherwise. Please like, share, tag and tell your friends, and help us save the wildlife: www.wanicare.com/donate

14 July 2017 – Today in #AnimalsofCikananga: Mini, Crested serpent eagle (Slipornis cheela) IUCN status: Not-threatened

Straight form the trade: Mini is a very vocal Eagle that was probably taken from the nest by poachers. It’s a type of habituated behaviour that we see with a lot of animals from the trade after there was human contact in a very early stage of their life. Different from eagles that have lived free in the wild, Mini adapted to much to a captive life with humans influences. Happily we can offer Mini a relatively spacious enclosure that we realized last year. There we can keep the human interaction relatively low, and hope that her habituated behaviour changes so we can start the rehabilitation process.

12 July 2017 – In the coming weeks we are sharing pictures in a series we call #AnimalsofCikananga. With this photo’s we hope to give some insight and backgrounds on the rescued animals that are here in Cikananga and are so typical for the many challenges wild animals face in Indonesia. Please follow our Facebook page or Instagram account for frequent updates.

Today in #AnimalsofCikananga: Eloid, Heck’s Macaque (Macaca Hecki) CITES: Vulnerable

Eloid is one of three Hecki’s in Cikananga and they all came from a large confiscation from a illegal trader that planned to sell them on the black market.

9 Juli 2017 – Yesterday Macaques Fitri and Hanneke got their first medical check. After their rescue last week we  took a closer look to the two yesterday. The vet always sedates the animals for a full body check, weighing, taking blood, giving deworming and much more as you see in the video.

Luckily they are doing reasonably fine, considering their history on a chain. All test have turned out to be negative (that’s good) but some treatment will follow later like for the dental problems of Hanneke.

If you are a vet (student) it’s good to know that from time to time we can use help us through our intern program. Please let us know if you are interested in helping us for a period of time and like to gain experience with working with wildlife. Click on the picture for the full video on Facebook.

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18 June 2017 – Marieke Tjebbes is one of our volunteers in Cikananga. Next to her valuable work she also wants to help us with realizing a new enclosure for Cockatoo’s. We have crowdfunding  here!  Please take al look and if you can, donate for a new home for these magnificent animals.

With so many birds coming in from illegal trader it’s hard to facilitate them all with a spacious, outside enclosure. For Cockatoo’s Jadi, Cookie and Pino we hope to realise a enclosure very soon with the help of this amazing campaign of Marieke. All donations are welcome, please help the birds of Cikananga!  Check the page here.

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8 June 2017 – Yesterday we received two otters that were taken in from a private owner. It’s one Asian short clawed otter and one Smooth coated otter. Please take a look at the video and many thanks to Scorpion Wildlife Monitoring Group and Rebecca Rodriquez of Animal House International for facilitating the rescue of these otters and a financial contribution

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1 June 2017 – An impression of the new enclosure that we are building in partnership with Four Paws International. This enclosure will provide space for rescued leopards, and through the circulation system we can provide the animals with extra combined enclosures what will motivate them to search and secure their new areas as a part of their rehabilitation process. The largest single enclosure will be over 330m2 which ensures enough space to practise hunting and other survival techniques. We aim to finish the enclosure in september of this year.

Please notice: The picture of this message is an impression of the final construction and features only a part of the roofing, sliding doors etc. The final enclosure will meet all standards to ensure animal welfare.

29 May 2017 – As you might remember we rescued a Javan Leopard last March from a conflict near Cianjur. Now he is fit enough for his first medical exam. Now we could definitely determine it is a male, and we called the young Javan Leopard Wahyu. As Wayhu is in a healthy condition and much stronger than 2 months ago, we hope sooner or later we can release him back to the wild. Please follow us for updates about the Javan Leopard Release Program. Save the Javan Leopard — #SAVETHEJAVANLEOPARD

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