On the second week of November, a team from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Asian Species Action Partnership (IUCN ASAP) visited Yogyakarta to evaluate our ongoing project. They were completely interested in our projects and initiatives. This visit produced a variety of insightful information and fresh perspectives, in addition to being beneficial for...

This October, WRC Jogja actively participated in several student-led initiatives. Some of the activities included a virtual tour with Universitas Brawijaya at Gembira Loka Zoo Yogyakarta, a collaboration with the Wildlife Study Group of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGM, and initiating a collaboration with the IFSA of the Faculty of Forestry, UGM. In association...

Jodet, a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), has been cared for at the Jogja Wildlife Rescue Center (Yogyakarta Nature Conservation Foundation) since March 1, 2022. This animal was entrusted to the East Kalimantan BKSDA after the confiscation of an unlicensed animal park on East Java Island. The team of doctors from WRC Jogja followed the orangutan...

April to May is a month of joy. We also wish a Happy Eid Al-Fitr to all of you who celebrate. Even though April is the month of Ramadan, we continue to work wholeheartedly for the preservation of the animals, especially those we care for here to keep them healthy. We have managed to do...

At the beginning of 2022, still in a pandemic situation, we accepted a total of eight intern students and one final-year student who was doing co-assistance to obtain a veterinary degree. Before carrying out internship activities at our place, all medical examinations must be completed to prevent the spread of the virus. When there was...

Entering September, the level of enforcement of restrictions on community activities in our area has been lowered and has begun to be relaxed. This is in line with vaccinations, which are quite intense in some places. All employees at WRC Jogja have also undergone complete vaccinations. We hope that with this vaccination, we can prevent...

August is quite a proud month for us. Apart from commemorating Indonesia’s independence day, on the same day we translocated two adult male orangutans named Beni and Boni to the Arsari Orangutan Sanctuary Center in East Kalimantan. Beni and Boni have been living and being cared for in our center for a long time because...

It’s been awhile…. May and June are still like the previous months. We are all still shrouded in fear of the virus that is still engulfing us. But animals still have to eat and live healthy lives. To continue the program of supporting operations with strict health protocols, we still accept internship programs as well...

We were Celebrating” one year of the pandemic, but this March was still a regular month for us. Some of the activities we do include focusing on the saltwater and New Guinea crocodile medical check-up, moving the long-tailed macaque we received last February to a bigger cage after having completed a few weeks of quarantine,...

Time flies so fast in February. We still had to carry out several activities during the pandemic, even though we had to tighten expenses and cut some employee salaries due to a lack of funds. Open donation and fundraising programs have really helped us through all these difficulties. In one month, approximately 100 million rupiahs...