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Today in #AnimalsofCikananga: Foo-foo, Western Tarsier

Today in #AnimalsofCikananga: Foo-foo, a Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus) IUCN status: Vunerable
Arguably one of the most exceptional looking animals in Cikananga, the Western Tarsiers (also known as Horsfield’s Tarsier) are not exceptional in the illegal trade. As they are very delicate not many survive the stress of being poached, handled by humans and all the stress that come with it. Foo-foo was part of a large confiscation in early 2015 from an illegal trader with many other animals that were heading for destinations in Europa, Russia and the Middle-East. Today she is doing fine and she is healthy.
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These Tarsiers live on Sumatra and Kalimantan, are active in the night and are vertical clingers. To give them the space Tarsiers deserve we were helped by a sponsor to realize a rather large enclosure, with the inside covered with net to protect their delicate bodies. Moving them back to the place of origin would be our goal, but their delicate physics make such a trip challenging. At least now they are save, in a good enclosure and under the supervision of professional medical staff.

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:
http://www.wanicare.com/how-to-help/donations

Photo by: Roel Jansen

Photo update Leopard Enclosure

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

Wanicare Cikananga Update july Leopards (634x640)

Animals of Cikananga: Femi, Sumatran orang-utan

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.

Orang Utan Baby Wanicare 2017

As the Habitats of Orang-utans are getting smaller, due to palm oil, logging, mining and other human activities both Sumatran and Borneo’s Orang-utans as categorised as Critically endangered. Recent studies show that the prospects aren’t good: 10,000 Orang-utans at Borneo live in areas earmarked for oil palm production, if these areas are converted to oil palm plantations without changes in current practices, most of these 10,000 individuals will be destroyed and the steep population decline is likely to continue according to researchers of the University of Queensland.

Rescue work like we do helps, but of course will not solve the overall problem. Without protection of the habitats and the efforts to stop hunt for Orang-utans that end up in the illegal trade the future of the Orang-utan’s is on the line. Luckily there are also positive developments, like for instance on Sumatra where Femi belongs.

We are working on moving Femi back to Sumatra, together with Rosie who arrived in Cikananga shortly after her. There they will be in a specialized rehabilitation center for young Orang-utans, and if all goes well Femi and Rosie will return to the wild after a long rehabilitation process. Before all the paper work is done for trans location we provide Femi and Rosie the best possible care we can offer. We take them outside twice a day so Femi and Rosie can develop climbing an nesting skills high up the in trees. Considering their troubled past they are doing very well.

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

Animals of Cikananga: Mini, Crested serpent eagle

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.

Raptor Wanicare 2017

Crested serpent eagles are considered not-threatened and therefor almost nothing is under taken for this species to protect them. So we find more and more of this species in the illegal trade. Not only does this indicate that the this species could become threatened later in time, but the we are deeply worried about the many individual Crested serpent eagles that are victim of poachers, traders and private owners that handle and keep them in terrible ways.

For the eagles from the illegal trade the Cikananga Wildlife Center and Wanicare started the Raptor Release Program. This program aims to take care of traded raptors, rehabilitate, release and monitor after release. We have been successfully releasing raptors in the past years and more release are coming up in the coming period. More info: http://www.wanicare.com/our-projects/raptor-release-program

Foto by Jonathan Beilby

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

The #animalsofCikananga photo series starts

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.

These macaques are not very wide spread as other macaque species; They only live in the northern part of Sulawesi. Since 1994 they are categorised a “Vulnerable” following deforestation, poaching and hunting by farmers who consider them crop raiders. As there is not much research done for this species not many specifics are clear, but the decline of the population is real, and the research that is available estimates a drop of 30% in the the coming 40 years.

After a stressful time in the illegal trade, Eliod is doing well in Cikananga. They get the care they deserve, diverse food and enrichement and the prospects are pretty good for Eliod and the two other Hecki’s: Currently we are working on the paperwork and then they can be moved back to Sulawesi, where the rehabilitation process starts. With a little bit of luck Eliod and the 2 other Hecki’s will return to the wild in the coming years….

Want to help Eliod? Please help us: http://www.wanicare.com/how-to-help/donations

Photo by Jonathan Beilby

Hecki wanicare 2017

Medical check rescued Macaques

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.

Wanicare Macaques Intern wildlife medical check cikananga indonesia

 

Help the Cockatoo crowdfunding of Volunteer Marieke

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.

Kaketoes Wanicare Cikananga

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.

Enclosure impression Vjune

 

Rescue of two otters

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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Impression of the new Javan Leopard enclosure

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.

Enclosure impression

First medical exam rescue Javan Leopard

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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