Indonesia

In August 2006 IAR formed a new partnership with the Indonesian-based group Pro Animalia International. We were delighted to support their excellent work rescuing and rehabilitating primates in Indonesia, as well as their successful project returning Brahminy kites to the wild. Then in December 2006 the ProAnimalia team accepted an invitation to join forces with us, and International Animal Rescue Indonesia was formed.

Our Indonesian team focuses on the rescue and rehabilitation of macaque monkeys and slow lorises, and also on the Brahminy kite, which is Indonesia's national bird, but sadly very popular as a pet and now highly endangered.

Our project to reintroduce Brahminy kites to the area is carried out on Kotok Island which lies within the Thousand Islands National Park, north of Jakarta. Three big bamboo pre-release cages extend out over the sea and here the birds learn to fly and catch fish again. After several months of observation and check-ups by IAR Indonesia vets, the birds are released back into their natural environment. The team is also working with local universities on the post-release programme. IAR Indonesia helps the macaques by:

• educating people in animal welfare and raising awareness of the risk of zoonotic diseases;
• fighting the trade;
• hands-on rescue;
• campaigning to raise their status and win them some protection in Indonesia.

After rescue, medical check-ups and treatment and a quarantine period, the macaques are socialised in groups where they can play and learn to behave like monkeys again.

International Animal Rescue Indonesia is working to put an end to the trade in lorises. A new rescue facility specialising in the care of this species has been built in Ciapus (Bogor). Working closely with universities and scientists the aim, whenever possible, is to return these animals to the wild. In order to do that, intensive studies must be carried out on the genetics, taxonomy and the origin of these primates.

Eventually we will create a network throughout the whole country and even internationally. International Animal Rescue will also provide lifelong sanctuary for those animals that have had their teeth knocked out and are no longer able to survive in the wild.

> Download our Brahminy Kite Rescue leaflet (231kb PDF)
> Download our Slow Loris Rescue leaflet (208kb PDF)
> Download the Pro Wildlife Slow Loris fact sheet (805kb PDF)

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