2020 has been the toughest year for WRC Jogja, for all of us. The virus pandemic paralyzes all sectors of the economy. Even though we are engaged in the conservation sector, in fact, we are also being affected. The flights out of action, and the closure of borders has stopped the arrival of foreign visitors, […]
November is the rice harvest season. The snake and mice population is increasing considerably, and hunting for food by owls has also increased. Two barn owl (Tyto Alba – Indonesian : Serak Jawa) came to our centre in November. The first owl that we rescued was brought in by a villager who found it trapped […]
For the first time, on 27th of October 2020 the Wildlife Rescue Center Jogja held a webinar discussing about wildlife conservation. The issue raised was migratory birds with the theme “Migrant Birds: Friend or Foe during the Pandemic?” with resource persons Asman Adi Purwanto (BISA INDONESIA) and drh. Christida Estu Wastika (Hokkaido University) guided […]
Recently we finished 4 new projects at our centre. #project 1 – New roofing for 3 of our pre-release bird cages. 3 of our big pre-release cages we have at the centre which we use for eagles who are almost ready to released back to the wild again. We move the eagles from the smaller […]
This year WRC Jogja took part in the Giving Day for Apes 2020 event. Giving Day for Apes 2020 is a unique fundraising competition organized by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) through Mightycause and competitors are able through win potential awards on the final day of the competition at the 13th of October. […]
The Covid pandemic has hit Indonesia since March 2020 and has continued until now. This hampered the programme at WRC Jogja. One of them is a conservation education program. The programme is actually focuses on education regarding wildlife conservation targeting students and the general public. There are several programs such as called jelajah alam, bird […]
Since the beginning of the pandemic where it was very difficult for us to meet all our needs because there is no income, fruits for animals, but donations came to us in many ways. One of them came from the Center of Orangutan Protection (COP). Both in terms of food and nutrition for animals, as […]
Sun bears are animals that loves to dig in the ground to find worms and other insects for their foods. They also like to soak and play water. Their imperfect enclosure, was added by a bigger pool and also put an extra cement foundation near the walls so they can not make a hole in […]
Several times we received animals from the residents. After being reported to the local authorities, before being placed in a proper cage, the animals must be quarantined for approximately 14 days in the quarantine building. During that time, the animals were checked for their health conditions first, whether in a condition for carrying disease or […]
In July 2020, Wildlife Rescue Centre Jogja has released three eagles and also two peafowls to Baluran National Park in East Java. This release programme is supported by Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Yogyakarta. We also got help from Center of Orangutan Protection (COP) for the translocation process and also from PPBJ (Jogja Bird Watchers […]
