The month October was a busy month at WRC Jogja with new animals coming to the centre and the release of some animals. A total of 6 internships and many medical check ups. The month started with some exiting news because Jalu, the Crested Goshawk was ready to be released and a new intern from […]
In September, A new male Long-Tailed Macaque arrived at the centre, brought in by his owner where he was kept as a pet. Bejo was bought online when he was still a baby and lived in a small cage ever since. Now he is around 4 years old. He has been put in the Animal […]
August became the month of independence for Indonesia, as well as what we did at WRC Jogja. There are several recent activities that we have done quite well to conserve wildlife. In early August, we got a new arrival, a reticulated python (Python reticulatus). This animal is rescued by the Center of Orangutan Protection (COP). […]
July 2021 was not an easy month for all of us, especially for WRC Jogja. The soaring number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has also affected the activities we have planned. In usual years, we are very busy with school group programs, but this year all activities involving students from abroad had to be temporarily […]
WRC Jogja is committed to raising awareness about the conservation of wild animals and their habitats. The large number of people who do not know and are aware of the prohibition on keeping wild animals, as well as the importance of the role of wild animals and their habitats for life on earth, makes WRC […]
One year of the pandemic has passed, but current conditions can be fairly stagnant. Although vaccines are carried out in several countries, travel restrictions are still in place in some countries, including Indonesia. This prolonged condition as well as the media coverage has had quite an impact on us. BKSDA Jogja, who feels they have […]
It’s been one year of the pandemic, but this March was still a regular month for us. Some of the activities we do are focusing on the Salt-water and New-guinea crocodile medical check-up, moving the long-tailed macaque that we received last February to a bigger cage after having completed a few weeks of quarantine, then […]
Time flies so fast in February. We still have to carried out several activities during the pandemic, even though we had to tighten expenses and cut some employee salaries due to lack of funds. Open donation and fundraising programs have really helped us through all these difficulties. In one month, approximately 100 million rupiahs are […]
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 […]
