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). […]
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Jul
Jul
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 […]
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Wildlife awareness through webinar. Collaboration between WRC Jogja and Angkringan Konservasi in conservation education.
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Jul
Jul
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 […]
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Apr
Apr
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
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 […]
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Feb
Feb
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 […]
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Jan
Jan
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, […]
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Nov
Nov
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 […]
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Oct
Oct
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 […]