tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86539058368047030412024-02-07T10:52:33.827-08:00Primate diariesReports from International Animal Rescue's primate rescue and rehabilitation centres.International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863435234549957396noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-28451003806502728112013-11-19T07:43:00.000-08:002013-11-19T07:43:44.516-08:00International Animal Rescue: Arrival of new rescue Rika<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by volunteer Lisa Burtenshaw</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of October the team was called out to the village of Tumbang Titi, a four hour drive from Ketapang, to rescue a young orangutan called Rika, who was being kept as a pet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although Rika was kept in a small cage, she also spent time chained by the neck under the house, along with a dog and a pig. She was sometimes let off her chain and would go and make a nest, but would always return for food. She has some wounds on her neck from the chain and a skin infection but both are now being treated by our medical staff and are healing well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rika’s hair is in poor condition as a result of a diet of vegetables and rice, but this will improve now she is being fed more suitable and nutritious food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rika is now in quarantine and has had a few health tests for which we are awaiting results. She has a very sweet personality and vocalises for attention.</span>International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-12610747632626640862013-11-04T04:35:00.003-08:002013-11-04T04:36:28.757-08:00International Animal Rescue: October Orangutan Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9xokMoJzptMiHvLgFk35xA9xqOk2BNX9KKCJbgqlZYb6a82j4P7egc807_reCxpT9ic005IZEECbvjRH7hmXr4PXJi3sthu6cS6fyhpBGjuZ4iWDF8zL_vECe3YCEVhHgQmVWGTbmcVo/s1600/Santi+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Rescued orangutan Santi is doing well post rescue" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9xokMoJzptMiHvLgFk35xA9xqOk2BNX9KKCJbgqlZYb6a82j4P7egc807_reCxpT9ic005IZEECbvjRH7hmXr4PXJi3sthu6cS6fyhpBGjuZ4iWDF8zL_vECe3YCEVhHgQmVWGTbmcVo/s320/Santi+crop.jpg" title="Rescued orangutan Santi is doing well post rescue" width="190" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The beginning of October bought us new arrival Santi. She is about three years old and has had a chain of different owners; we think she originally came from the area of Singkup. She was surrendered to BKSDA (forestry department), who handed her over to us. We know very little about her background, but at her last placement she had been fed cake and bread and been kept in a cage. Santi looks to be in reasonable condition, with a coat of long, healthy hair but is currently in quarantine where she is waiting for test results to come back before we move her into one of the other groups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lots of the orangutans have been moved about this month. Cinta was the first to go into one of the new large socialisation cages. She can be quite destructive, but she is also easier to handle than a lot of the older girls, which makes her a good test case to see if the cages can stand up to the other strong and dextrous orangutans!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All our orangutans from the old transit site have now been moved to the new Sungai Awan site. It requires a lot of planning and co-ordinating to move the older orangutans. First they are sedated and while they are out the medical team do lots of health checks and test on them. They are weighed and measured, have hair and blood samples taken so that their general health can be tested for liver and kidney function and blood count. TB test are done by taking x-rays, a skin test, blood test and tracheal wash. Their teeth are also checked and photographed. A good way to tell the age of an orangutan is by their teeth. They are then put into transportation cages to come round from the anaesthesia, put onto a truck and driven to Sungai Awan, which is about thirty minutes drive out of Ketapang town. They watch with curiosity and interest at the world going by. Both Neng and Suki were immediately put into one of the new socialisation cages, which they both climbed to the top off and surveyed their new surroundings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The old cages from transit centre are also being moved to the new site, where they are being repaired, repainted and refitted with new enrichment, thanks to the great work of The Orangutan Project volunteers, who have been working tirelessly to get the concrete bases and cages ready while competing with the tropical heat and monsoon storms now the rainy season has arrived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nicky, Huta, Mona and Mely have now all been reunited and are also now in one of the other large socialisation cages. Nicky was moved to the new centre a while ago when she was ill and she had been alone in the quarantine building while being treated and making a full recovery. She is such a friendly and playful orangutan that this was a joy to see her reunited with her old friends. They greeted each other with big hugs and now have fun chasing each other around and playing together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kiki is doing well after being treated for a large load of intestinal parasites after living in a tiny cage full of excrement. We are awaiting results from his first quarantine exam, but he is still calm and gentle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ael, whose tragic story you can read <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b93ade275900be8bb5351bbd2&id=adaa45ee2c" target="_blank">here </a>has now finished her quarantine. She is very nervous of humans and has the behaviour of a wild orangutan, She vocalises and shakes things to show her displeasure when she sees humans. We have introduced her to Sukma, another wild, but young female and we hope that Sukma will learn more from Ael to keep her wild behaviours. They are getting on well, sharing food and Ael reminds Sukma to be wary around humans. We plan to release them together when a suitable release site is found. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>You can help support the work of International Animal Rescue by purchasing the 2014 calendar <a href="http://lisaburtenshaw.wix.com/shoporangutan#!IAR-2014-Calendar/zoom/c19lu/imageo5v" target="_blank">here</a>. 100% profit from the sales goes to IAR.</b></span><br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-52024039918027844772013-10-22T05:53:00.000-07:002013-10-22T05:53:47.527-07:00International Animal Rescue: Update on Rescues, Translocations and New Arrivals!<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By volunteer Lisa Burtenshaw</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As ever, it’s been a busy couple of months for the team at the centre in Ketapang, with rescues, translocations and new arrivals.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8izsU83Lgr4xVBdtW1T39T35d0NMYQ48Al7AEKnuaoESj4bMt0RJ0ZE7hN5PVaPOXtuGi5wvTfqwSuLSsG6M0cwNgepoCc0JGlizyM4ZyKCQ1Vf_mKTX2prUfIXDUUEJJSXR91aNXkg5/s1600/Palangi-3185+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Baby orangutan Pelangi was rescued from a birdcage" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8izsU83Lgr4xVBdtW1T39T35d0NMYQ48Al7AEKnuaoESj4bMt0RJ0ZE7hN5PVaPOXtuGi5wvTfqwSuLSsG6M0cwNgepoCc0JGlizyM4ZyKCQ1Vf_mKTX2prUfIXDUUEJJSXR91aNXkg5/s320/Palangi-3185+crop.jpg" title="Baby orangutan Pelangi was rescued from a birdcage" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In mid-September we received <b>Pelangi</b>, a two year old female orangutan. Pelangi (Indonesian for 'rainbow') had been kept as a pet for about one year, in an area close to Ketapang, in Indonesian Borneo. Originally her owners purchased her for $50 USD after taking pity on her. She was kept in a birdcage and dressed in baby clothes, was given baths and fed on a diet of fruit and powdered milk. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfpfmp2UVgSWsq_Iz64N16CVav1X1H4zAE-cjpaLDu_9NNqcAA55Qw17_Ax_Frp5wdF3r7C3xSETKnZ0i3W6jpWIvKK78psM9OrX_E_rLThpLWZt3ZVD_cRUXNY-pHFJCl9lqk-pi4K0j/s1600/Palangi-4548+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="As you can see, she's proving to be a real natural at climbing!" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfpfmp2UVgSWsq_Iz64N16CVav1X1H4zAE-cjpaLDu_9NNqcAA55Qw17_Ax_Frp5wdF3r7C3xSETKnZ0i3W6jpWIvKK78psM9OrX_E_rLThpLWZt3ZVD_cRUXNY-pHFJCl9lqk-pi4K0j/s320/Palangi-4548+crop.jpg" title="As you can see, she's proving to be a real natural at climbing!" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pelangi has a fun personality, and is still in quarantine awaiting another round of tests. In the meantime, she is eating fruits and vegetables very well, and enjoying her daily playtime in the tree. She is getting braver and exploring and climbing higher each time. She is adjusting well to her new situation although she still finds comfort in clinging to her teddy bear surrogate mother from time to time. She will be introduced to baby school when her quarantine is done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The team also rescued <b>Kiki</b>, an older male orangutan, who had been kept as a pet for many years. Kiki’s rescue story can be read <a href="http://internationalanimalrescue.blogspot.com/2013/10/international-animal-rescue-rescue-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4EPAzQbl7vd6cqIdsHD0jY3DMnobO_GYNdCqKu0PHaABPPuriKU8zXaSdD4a7OWkKs_1H_mkA4NuyKKk9O-KRbQWxbP9eAeYD0Fc898B3HcO_uMQDMyaORzb-1K2dhnV8ijixK5Zrd1Q/s1600/Ael-9205+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ael is a wild female orangutan, captured and taunted by villagers" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4EPAzQbl7vd6cqIdsHD0jY3DMnobO_GYNdCqKu0PHaABPPuriKU8zXaSdD4a7OWkKs_1H_mkA4NuyKKk9O-KRbQWxbP9eAeYD0Fc898B3HcO_uMQDMyaORzb-1K2dhnV8ijixK5Zrd1Q/s320/Ael-9205+crop.jpg" title="Ael is a wild female orangutan, captured and taunted by villagers" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ael</b> is a wild orangutan who was rescued from a village after the villagers caught her. Ael’s rescue story can be read <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b93ade275900be8bb5351bbd2&id=adaa45ee2c" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza64rIePNuR6yUlc1oAYyg6BXLZ5PrSjpVvs6ncXMyBiZmPgB93gbjvM3lo1KbyHnYh0volm01dShyphenhyphencgHLurV2zZtg5UnibYUZu7Tjp9mWDAn92RiL45qnfqWvYX1pXTMPRPYxj_3EOIn/s1600/Marie&Onyo-0723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marie and her new buddy Onyo" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiza64rIePNuR6yUlc1oAYyg6BXLZ5PrSjpVvs6ncXMyBiZmPgB93gbjvM3lo1KbyHnYh0volm01dShyphenhyphencgHLurV2zZtg5UnibYUZu7Tjp9mWDAn92RiL45qnfqWvYX1pXTMPRPYxj_3EOIn/s320/Marie&Onyo-0723.jpg" title="Marie and her new buddy Onyo" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Marie </b>passed quarantine and after a few play sessions with Onyo, she has now joined all the others in baby school, where she spends every day in the forest, climbing high in the trees looking for the fruit and vegetables that we hang to encourage the foraging skills of all the orangutans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although she has grown a lot, she is still the smallest member in baby school and needs some extra help and supplemental feeding from the babysitters. She spends her nights inside the baby school building, under the care of the night shift staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also had a visit from The Orangutan Projects ambassadors Zoe Foster and Hamish Blake, who filmed for the Australian programme “A Current Affair” and are raising funds and awareness by encouraging donations to their <a href="http://www.orangutan.org.au/home-page-announcements/zoe-foster-hamish-blake-visit-borneo" target="_blank">special appeal</a> for the rehabilitation of Rocky and Rickina. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Building work is still going on at the Sungai Awan centre, with the large socialisation cages near completion we hope to move our final six adult orangutans from the old transit site very soon….</span><br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-7325476005361036092013-10-18T02:56:00.001-07:002013-10-18T06:53:11.414-07:00International Animal Rescue: The rescue of Kiki<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by vet Syifa Sidik</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of September our colleagues at The Centre for Orangutan Protection informed us of an orangutan living in frightful conditions in Kubu Raya Regency in West Kalimantan, some 150 kilometres from Ketapang. Knowing that this would be no easy task, on 5th October, in conjunction with the local BKSDA, our rescue team set off on the lengthy journey to Kubu Raya. One plane ride, car ride and some gruelling hours later, our team arrived at the house of Mr Hermansah, the owner of an adult male orangutan called Kiki. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mr Hermansah is a retired soldier who was previously stationed near the border between West and Central Kalimantan. Even though he claimed to know and understand the regulations and prohibition on the purchase and keeping of orangutans, he did it anyway and, according to him, he had owned Kiki for 13 years! As he grew bigger and stronger Kiki became too much to handle and Mr Hermansah decided to to surrender him, but only to someone competent in the field of wildlife husbandry and particularly orangutans. Mr Hermansah claimed he had tried for several years to surrender Kiki to government officials in West Kalimantan and also contacted several NGOs and other organisations but to no avail. As he had no success finding a suitable place for Kiki, the orangutan entered adulthood living in a small cramped captive environment and not in the vast lush jungle of West Kalimantan. After examining him, our vet estimated Kiki’s age at between 8 and 10 years old. He is, however, incredibly small for his size owing to malnourishment and his cramped living conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kiki has spent years housed in a small, rusty, steel cage with no door. His cage was placed directly on the dirty ground and was surrounded by mountains of excrement. His diet consisted of the usual food items that we have found orangutan owners feed their pets: rice, fried rice, coffee, snacks, fruits and vegetables, to name but a few. Kiki was also occasionally permitted out of his cage to play around Mr Hermansah’s house and to play with the neighbours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kiki has a very calm temperament. During the 12 hour boat ride back to our rehabilitation centre in Sei Awan, near Ketapang, he was a model passenger, never displaying a bad temper and doing what the vet asked of him. He is safe now and settling in nicely at our quarantine facilities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ll be bringing you more on Kiki when his time in quarantine is up and he’s ready to be introduced to some of the other orangutans at the centre.</span>International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-41860611466176355882013-10-04T01:50:00.000-07:002013-10-04T01:50:28.522-07:00International Animal Rescue: We mark World Animal Day with a celebration of our Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Project<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To mark World Animal Day this year, we’re celebrating the wonderful work of our team in West Borneo rescuing orangutans and preparing them for release back into the wild. And we’re using baby orangutan Rickina to illustrate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spanish volunteer Alejo Sabugo filmed a delightful <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPIsJGZQko" target="_blank">short video of Rickina</a> at our orangutan rescue centre in Borneo. She has a machete wound on her head which she probably sustained while clinging to her mother when she was attacked and killed. Thankfully little Rickina survived and her wound has now healed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The film shows how vulnerable baby orangutans are during the first months of their lives. These tiny babies would normally spend their days in the forest clinging tightly to their mothers, relying on them for food and protection. And so when orphaned babies first arrive at our rescue centre they are looked after by a team of babysitters. These dedicated local men and women provide the traumatised orphans with round-the-clock comfort and care. They wear face masks at all times to protect the babies from the human germs and diseases which could kill any orangutan, young or old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While they are very small the baby orangutans also wear nappies to keep them free from infection. But once they are strong and healthy enough to join the older infants out in the forest the nappies come off and they start to learn how to live like a wild orangutan. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXfSqexB-_Z956yBGNuE18D7k-oo50z-qV6UA50lGYspGJNzGaKN2eB1mDbOIrdEkWEihDMbpSFez5wRPulyLg-xry-Id4E6Ms8Q1Z_coXPlvOdMIjqLhArwb4fAudwrpEv3rxj2Fb0Z9/s1600/rickina1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXfSqexB-_Z956yBGNuE18D7k-oo50z-qV6UA50lGYspGJNzGaKN2eB1mDbOIrdEkWEihDMbpSFez5wRPulyLg-xry-Id4E6Ms8Q1Z_coXPlvOdMIjqLhArwb4fAudwrpEv3rxj2Fb0Z9/s320/rickina1.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The video shows Rickina during her first days at the rescue centre when she is as helpless and defenceless as a human baby. But after only a few weeks she is strong enough to be taken to “baby school” in the forest and meet some of the other young orangutans. The video of Rickina experiencing the outside world and learning to hang on the climbing frame is enchanting. She has an expression of complete wonder and surprise on her face as she dangles on the wooden structure. Her babysitter is constantly by her side to support and steady her.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx8Whh8i3tgm6DewWUKrNNEGWAGkDtcKdf3dumu6mjj3yNcnth-13CF_ie0FMMU_VpNCc2BTzW-ZhlvwLc2VCvXbXxODVUdqaL8VI0kDOgNxhi94Neoly3FD731KOJGt_0hDFnsHM7arT/s1600/rickina2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlx8Whh8i3tgm6DewWUKrNNEGWAGkDtcKdf3dumu6mjj3yNcnth-13CF_ie0FMMU_VpNCc2BTzW-ZhlvwLc2VCvXbXxODVUdqaL8VI0kDOgNxhi94Neoly3FD731KOJGt_0hDFnsHM7arT/s320/rickina2.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The footage of Rickina as she starts to learn the ropes is far more than just another cute baby orangutan video – though it’s certainly that! But it also demonstrates the hours of patient coaching and care the orangutans are given to start them on their long journey to freedom. Day after day they are taken to the forest to build up their strength and develop the skills they will need to survive in the wild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is just the beginning for Rickina and her friends but it is a vital start to years of skilled preparation towards the day when they are released. Without the team in Borneo, these baby orangutans wouldn’t stand a chance. But thanks to International Animal Rescue – and thanks to everyone who supports us – the future is bright for Rickina and her friends. Watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPIsJGZQko" target="_blank">cute baby orangutan video</a> to see just how brilliantly these babies are cared for.</span><br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-76457181011934734602013-09-16T02:02:00.000-07:002013-09-16T02:08:05.419-07:00Yeeeha! Finally Muria becomes a fully wild slow loris again!<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by Ayut Enggeliah Entoh from the Education Team</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Muria was one of the rehabilitated slow lorises in the care of our primate rescue centre in Ciapus, Java. She is a female Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), given by the pet owner to our team in Indonesia in 2010. After completing the rehabilitation process at the centre, she was then transported to the habituation cage in Salak Mountain National Park. Fitted with a radio collar, she spent about three months being habituated to her new surroundings. She was then released on 14 June 2012 and monitored by the IAR team for about fifteen months. On 9 September 2013, Muria’s collar was removed and she became a fully wild slow loris again. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56z0WuXBcBz4h0Ip5FQaPB3ynq5lsiC8bwd8XMrEAFuOESY4YKviXahH7KC_PGjqwESUNfrO30iJPZG1UEcYhJ3l29tU8Iv61yRfbQnFf6sPC1ABuRgURIXApdyFeaJO8qmprBYlMT0yq/s1600/aksi+muria3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56z0WuXBcBz4h0Ip5FQaPB3ynq5lsiC8bwd8XMrEAFuOESY4YKviXahH7KC_PGjqwESUNfrO30iJPZG1UEcYhJ3l29tU8Iv61yRfbQnFf6sPC1ABuRgURIXApdyFeaJO8qmprBYlMT0yq/s200/aksi+muria3.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the monitoring process Muria was reported as having a slight irritation on her neck, so she was recaptured and given medical treatment by the veterinary team. Once recovered, she was released once more. Monitoring has confirmed her ability to fend for herself in the wild. She was seen feeding on nectar of Kaliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus) and Seuseureuhan (Piper aduncum), sap of Jengkol (Archidendron pauciflorum) and various insects too. She was even observed mating with a wild slow loris. It proved that she was completely habituated to her environment and had every chance of living successfully back in the wild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conservation efforts for wildlife like slow lorises which involve the process of releasing them back into the wild are not straightforward. It’s not as easy as taking them from their habitat. One loris has to follow a long process before they can be returned to nature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It becomes our homework to spread the message on slow loris conservation. And we would like to invite you to spread the conservation message with us: “</span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please stop hunting, buying and keeping slow lorises as a pet!</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">”</span><br />
<br />International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-28522800220810138772013-08-21T04:59:00.000-07:002013-08-21T05:38:49.014-07:00RAISING AWARENESS ON WORLD ORANGUTAN DAY 2013<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;">
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and mining, followed by hunting</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> for </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">bushmeat</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> orangutans get </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">captured</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> or killed </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">crossing</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> plantations to find food </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">after </span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">being dislodged </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">by</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> the increasing
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</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">often killed </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> their </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">infants</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> sold in the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">illegal wildlife pet trade</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span class="FormField" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Orangutan
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Animal Rescue’s </span></span><span class="FormField"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rehabilitation centre for
orangutans is located in </span></span><span class="FormField"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">West Kalimantan</span></span><span class="FormField"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> which</span></span><span class="FormField"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> is one of the most
heavily deforested areas of Borneo. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Between November 2009 and </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">August 2013</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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been rescued by the IAR</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> team </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in
Indonesia (Yayasan IAR Indonesia - YIARI) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and brought to the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> sanctuary</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> of our centre</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and the number of animals in need is rising.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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action and important to create a greater public awareness and understanding
nationally</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> it is
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-32734610831237101192013-08-08T06:48:00.000-07:002013-08-08T06:48:02.783-07:00Updates on our orangutans large and small!<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by vet Christine
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The past month
was busy as usual in Ketapang and Sungai Awan, and was kicked off by moving Prima,
one of our adolescent females, to the forest
enclosure. Here she was reunited with
her former cagemate, Helen, and a couple of other friends. Helen and Prima are the next candidates for
release, but their behavior must be evaluated first to ensure they will be able
to survive in the wild. In the enclosure,
the girls are observed from the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep
for the night, which makes for a long day! Some food is provisioned, but they are free to search the trees for
fruit and leaves. Data is taken to
determine how they are spending their time, what kind of forest foods they are
finding and where, and how efficiently they are making their nests.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">Aside from the
group of females that moved earlier in July (see Adult Orangutans on the Move),
the team has also started to tran</span>s<span lang="IN">fer some of our older males to the new
center. There is a load of coordination
and preparation that goes into any move, but it is worth it when all is
accomplished safely and efficiently. Much
like their female counterparts, John, Patrick, and Jimo had smooth anesthesias
and were very curious to see the bustling streets of Ketapang fly by during the
transport. They are now busy exploring
and adjusting to their new temporary digs in the more tranquil setting of Sungai
Awan. They will move into larger,
outdoor enclosures when construction is finished.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="hps"><span lang="IN">July has also
brought us a tiny new baby named </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US">Marie</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN">. She
literally arrived on our doorstep one evening</span></span><span lang="IN"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN">after being surrendered to IAR by her
temporary owner. Marie only weighs about
2 kilograms</span></span><span lang="IN">, but she
is likely around 7 to 9 months old. </span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN">She is thin and very small for her
age, potentially due to malnourishment</span></span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span lang="IN">She does show some promising wild
behavior, as she climbs well on her hammock, likes to play with leaves, and
loves to eat the fruit we pick for her. </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US">The </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN">baby was found by
a fisherman who was walking in the forest and heard crying. He says the little orangutan was there alone
(which would be highly unusual), so he took her back to his home when her
mother did not come for her. The man
kept her for a couple of weeks, but decided to hand her over to IAR because he
could not afford to feed her any longer. She was bathed often, had been eating rice and bananas, and was given milk,
sometimes the strawberry-flavored variety. We may never know the fate of her mother or Marie’s true story, but we
are glad she is now under our care. </span></span></span></div>
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-9240892681412922462013-07-25T05:17:00.001-07:002013-07-26T01:39:14.251-07:00International Animal Rescue: Freedom for long-tailed macaques<div class="MsoNormal">
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released on Panaitan island within the Ujung Kulon National Park in West</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">Java. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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process</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">at our centre in
Ciapus</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> <span lang="IN">which includes behavioural
observations, introduction </span></span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">natural
food</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">, group forming and </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">nrichment </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">provision</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> to stimulate
natural behaviour</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">s</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">. Some macaques
have been in the centre since 2009. </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most of the macaques are rescued from
the pet trade and have often been kept in tiny cages for many years from a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Veterinarian Sharmini and macaque keeper <br />
Wayne rescuing Cheetah in 2011 from his<br />
prison cage where he had spent most of his<br />
life. Cheetah was one of the group of macaques<br />
released last month into Ujung Kulon National<br />
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by IAR Indonesia. He had been bought as a baby from a pet market and had been
kept for seven years in the same cage, never being let out. The owners now
wanted to get rid of him because he was (understandably) becoming more
aggressive towards the owners. He then spent the next two years being
rehabilitated at IAR’s Rescue Centre.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">Prior </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">release all macaques received a general health check-up.
They were also weigh</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ed</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">given</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> microchips for
future identification and </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">were</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> sterilised. The </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">released </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">individuals </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">were</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> selected for
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the Ujung Kulon National Park started in 2009 our team in Indonesia </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">has</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">now </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">release</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a total of </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">86 long-tailed macaques back to the wild</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, a process</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Indonesia
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">Ciapus Programme Manager Aris Hidayat</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> commented</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> </span></span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">“</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately,
under the current law, macaques </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">still </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">do not have any legal protection in Indonesia</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">. Some
of the animals </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">were surrendered
by their owners</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and
</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">others</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> were</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> simply
abandoned. Giving these animals the chance to return to the wild, where they
belong, serves their individual welfare and IAR’s dedication to rescue and
rehabilitate suffering animals”. <span class="hps"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="hps"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">Ujung Kulon National Park</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> encompasses an area of 1,206 km²
(443 km² marine), most of which is situated on a </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;">peninsula </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">stretching out</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> into the Indian
Ocean. It was Indonesia’s first proposed national park and was declared a
UNESCO WORLD Heritage Site in 1991 for containing the largest remaining lowland
rainforest in Java. The park is rich in
biodiversity including 40 species of mammals (</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">five</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"> of which are primates), 240 species of
birds, 59 species of reptiles, 22 species of amphibians, 142 species of fish,
33 species of corals and 57 rare plant species. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This habitat is protected and provides sufficient food to
support permanent macaque populations and is therefore an ideal release site
for our animals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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their new freedom</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> as they become
more and more familiar with their surroundings, the lush green forest homes
where these </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">animals</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> are meant to be.</span></span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-4272942152745648262013-07-23T03:25:00.001-07:002013-07-23T03:57:08.517-07:00Adult orangutans on the move <i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By veterinarian Micah Jensen</span></i><br />
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IAR centre in Ketapang has been a hive of activity </span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">in the last few
weeks </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">in preparation
for the big orangutan move. Last week four</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> of our largest
female orangutans </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Mona, Huta, Mely and Cinta were moved from their housing at the old </span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">transit
centre in Ketapang </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">C</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">ity </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">to the newly built </span><span lang="IN"><span style="line-height: 115%;">IAR </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">rehabilitation</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">site</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> in S</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">u</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">ngai
Awan. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">This is
a considerable change for the girls since they have been housed at the t</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">ransit
centre </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="line-height: 115%;">in Ketapang
for several years. However with the construction of the new Rescue and Rehabilitation
Centre well </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">under way</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> animals are being moved in stages from their old housing to
the new site. While most of the younger</span></span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> individuals have already been
moved to the forested </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">rehabilitation area, it is now time to start moving the
larger orangutans</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">. Orangutans are known </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">for their strength and ingenuity,
they are the </span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">escape artist of the great apes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">,</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> so special care
needs to go into their enclosure prep</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">a</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;">ration to ensure
the areas are orangutan proof.</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The cages at the old centre are deteriorating with age, leaving the staff
with the daunting task of trying to weld away rust as fast as tropical rain
creates it. Thankfully when our handyman Dade comes to repair cages with his
welding gear, he becomes great enrichment for the orangutans to watch!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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first step to their freedom was to move the four girls into the quarantine enclosure
in Sungai Awan, which requires a general anaesthetic and a truck ride to their
new home situated half an hour out of Ketapang. The quarantine enclosures at the
new centre have been refreshed with new cage enrichment and a fresh coat of
paint thanks to the <a href="http://www.thegreatprojects.com/projects/iar-orangutan-project" target="_blank">Great Project</a> volunteers, along with shiny new locks put in place that
should keep Mona one of our craftiest females at bay. When selecting which group of the large orangutans
should be moved from transit first, Mona’s group was at the top of the list. The
artful Mona had years ago been the mastermind behind an escape from her cage
where she took three of her cage mates with her to raid the food room! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mona was first up for an anaesthetic as she can be the most suspicious of
unusual events. Mona was anaesthetized by blow dart, while Cinta, Huta and Mely
were very accommodating and all accepted hand injections of anesthesia through
the bars. The girls were thankfully very co-operative, gently going to sleep, giving
us smooth anaesthetics with rapid recoveries in their transport crates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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way to sedate these large animals</td></tr>
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mouth for teeth issues</td></tr>
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provided a golden opportunity for the vet team to get close enough to each of
the girls to give a full physical exam and collect any samples needed for
health and genetics. Our team of veterinary staff and animal caretakers all worked
like a synchronised sports team to get all the procedures done efficiently in a
minimal amount of time. This is no mean feat considering it involved collecting
blood samples, tracheal washes, hair samples, dental records, and growth
measurements while giving a full general physical exam, taking x-rays and
maintaining a smooth anaesthesia, all within half an hour. After this flurry of activity the girls woke
up from their unusual sleep on piles of leaves in their transport cages. The crates were then loaded onto the back of
flatbed trucks and the girls were able to watch people driving alongside, as we
drove out of the town and into the rural area of the Sungai Awan Centre. They
all sat watching intently with their fingers laced through the bars and Cinta
moved leaves away to ensure she got a better view. The only hitch was a light
shower of rain on the last ride back to the centre which was quite amusing for
Cinta and Mely as they got to watch from their dry cages as the people and
equipment around them got soaking wet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the adult orangutans</td></tr>
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arrival the girls all moved from their crates straight into their new cage and
made themselves comfortable swinging in the new hammocks and bails. Within no
time Mona was testing out every inch of the cage to exploit any weaknesses in
the handywork. It will take a while for them to adjust to the new surroundings
so we are providing lots of food, branches and enrichment to settle them in. The
day after being moved Mona took advantage of her new settings and used her keen
sense of timing to steal a cup of electrolytes off one of the new vets, but,
rather than destroy the cup, she rested herself against the cage door and
lazily used the cup of liquid to dunk her biscuits in. So she seems to be settling
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-50287223178549664592013-07-16T07:17:00.001-07:002013-07-16T07:17:24.164-07:00 An in-depth look at IAR's slow loris rehabilitation process<div class="MsoHeader">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>by Namrata B Anirudh</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-IN">The IAR Indonesia centre in Ciapus, Bogor currently has 81 lorises
consisting of 3 species – Nycticebus Coucang, N. Javanicus and N. Menagensis -
rescued from pet owners and housed for rehabilitation and subsequent release. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZnngfzacV4j2fJYfpvyfBgjNxp82lW36Ko0b_PvhxD5Kxt0odeJVf9vkbq85Xqm2YjlLQTFaP-z3R6CYe1Wgz8Jd-POGVFZUDbIFrz8acBfr-tXh1fdXI996n2TYZyeKU5nqx4gcppol/s1600/slow+loris9+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZnngfzacV4j2fJYfpvyfBgjNxp82lW36Ko0b_PvhxD5Kxt0odeJVf9vkbq85Xqm2YjlLQTFaP-z3R6CYe1Wgz8Jd-POGVFZUDbIFrz8acBfr-tXh1fdXI996n2TYZyeKU5nqx4gcppol/s320/slow+loris9+copy.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was very
fortunate to have the opportunity to carry out behavioural studies as part of
my dissertation on the captive lorises at the centre.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Loris
Project at the centre is a multi-dimensional one. A controversial and current
problem with the illegal pet trade is the hunting of lorises from the wild and
selling them in markets which are not suitable for any animals let alone
endangered species. Apart from the conservation aspect, the cruelty towards
these species in the market before they are sold is of great concern to people
working in the field of rescue and rehabilitation. IAR Indonesia not only deals
with the immediate problem of rehabilitating confiscated individuals, but also
deals with other aspects of this trade, such as awareness-building among
students and the public in major cities, in local villages around loris
habitats; conducting interviews with people involved in different aspects of
the trade; scouting for suitable release locations and monitoring those
released from the centre.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I worked
with animals at the centre and therefore I can shed some light on this aspect
of the work being done. The animals at the centre are confiscated at different
ages. Some animals were born at the centre whereas some come in as juveniles or
adults. The process of rehabilitation of species such as lorises can be tricky.
The lack of abundant research on these species, the fact that they are
nocturnal, sensitive to diseases, of small body size, possessing a different
social repertoire from other diurnal primates and their coping strategies in a
captive environment all make them difficult species to manage. However, in my
view IAR Indonesia succeeds in managing them in the best possible way within
those obvious constraints. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erwin eating gum enrichment</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The lorises
are housed in cages, provided with trees, foliage, branches and twine in order
to create a variety of substrates for locomotion, sleep and to be able to
express as natural behaviour as possible. They are fed twice a day with a
pre-set nutritional diet planned by the on-site veterinarians, with special
attention given to those that are suffering from health problems and
mother-infant pairs.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the
purpose of rehabilitation, International Animal Rescue ensures the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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these species are arboreal, all the food and water trays are placed at a height.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Sleeping
sites, such as bamboo hollows and baskets are hung from the top of the cages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Routine
replacement of leaves and branches is carried out to make the cages suitable
for the animals.</span></span></div>
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and frugivorous </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Diet
consisting of insects and fruits is provided. Every meal (fed twice in their
active period) consists of different fruits and insects to avoid boredom and to
provide them with their nutritional requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">The
food is placed at a considerable height from the ground to encourage feeding at
heights and minimise foraging on the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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enrichment provided is food related. Enrichment is provided to the animals
after the second meal, to encourage activity and discourage unwanted behaviours
such as stereotypies and inactivity throughout the rest of their active period.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">The
animals are grouped 2, 3 or 4 per cage depending on the cage size. Some cages
have only a single loris depending on the type of social interactions with
other conspecifics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">The
groups are created according to the sex of the individuals, the type and amount
of social interaction with others and depending on whether they are release or
non-release candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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my view, this aspect in the process of rehabilitation is vital, as
socialisation is vital to the physical and mental welfare of an animal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lorises that are to be released are housed in sanctuary cages. These cages are
larger in size, have more foliage and trees and are partially covered by a
roof. This is another very important point in rehabilitation, to get the
animals accustomed to natural weather conditions and changes. The cages also
have fruit trees to encourage foraging and reduce the dependency on the food
provided to them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An
enthusiastic and motivated group of people manage the animals at the centre. My
experience of working closely with them has shown that they know a lot about
the individual animals and are keen to look after their welfare. It was
interesting to see that they were also interested in different ways of creating
enrichment that would reduce stereotypies in some of the individuals. The team
is involved in cleaning, feeding and observing the animals. One to be released
and 2 non-release animals are taken as focal animals and behavioural
observations are recorded for 1 and 2 hours respectively every night, using an
ethogram of social, individual and locomotory behaviours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What could
be worked on at the centre?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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movement of animals between cages - this is an important point as moving an
animal from one cage to another could be stressful at many levels, such as
forming new social bonds, getting used to the cage and its features, novel
interactions, unfamiliarity. All of these could lead to behavioural problems.
Another aspect is the welfare of the individuals present in the cage into which
a new individual is introduced. Depending on the sex, age and the social
ranking of the introduced individual, the form of interaction with the others
may have an impact and may lead to negative interactions, resulting in injuries
or stereotypic behaviour. The movement of individuals must therefore be done
with a lot of care and understanding of the situation. The reason for movement
should also be considered - Is the shift necessary or is there a way of dealing
with the problem through any other methods? (eg enrichment, changing amount of
foliage, substrates for locomotion – depending on the problem.) If a shift is
made, then the animal shifted, as well as the animals originally present in the
cage, must be observed for behaviour, food intake, interactions etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Increase
height of cages - this is a problem that is difficult to deal with as the cages
have already been established and have animals in each one of them. If the
purpose is rehabilitation and lorises in the wild frequent trees up to 30 to 40
m in height, a similar opportunity must be provided at the centre as well, to
avoid problems of predation for foraging too low after release. The height of
the cages currently ranges from 2m to 8m (sanctuary). Since animals spend only
a short time in the sanctuary cages before release, it is not sufficient for
them to learn to use such heights. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Enrichment
that is currently based only on food is effective but only for the period of
time the enrichment lasts. Some of the enrichment lasts for a very short period
or is not of interest to some individuals who spend a large proportion of their
active period carrying out stereotypical behaviour. Introducing locomotory
enrichment or finding a solution to discourage or reduce stereotypy is vital in
the process of rehabilitation as well. A good way to go about it is in some
cases to figure out the reason for stereotyping. Some tend to stereotype most
before feeding and reduce stereotypic behaviour after being fed, some
stereotype in the presence of a dominant conspecific, others during feeding
which could be a result of the type of food or the competition in the cage for
food. In others that stereotype for more than 50% of their active time, the
reasons could be past experiences or small home range or reasons that cannot be
determined, thus using some form of enrichment, trying to introduce/change the
conspecific in the same cage or shift cages may be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my opinion, the centre is making great
efforts to turn around the current situation in the best way possible. Although
there are areas that can be explored further, new ideas implemented and changes
made to various aspects of the project, in my view the current project on the lorises
deals with the situation holistically. Working with species like lorises has
many constraints that are challenging but the centre manages to tackle a number
of them and provide rehabilitation for those rescued which has been proven to
be effective. The centre is also successfully returning a number of the lorises
to their rightful home in the wild!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more information on the work International Animal Rescue does with slow lorises, please visit our <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/25/Saving+the+slow+loris.html" target="_blank">website</a>!</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-27231164525968584832013-07-09T03:07:00.001-07:002013-07-22T03:57:20.405-07:00International Animal Rescue: June update from Ketapang<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another month
goes by in a flash!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>by Christine Nelson</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butan's "lipstick" is a bit of a giveaway!</td></tr>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Time flies when
you are having fun! The orangutans in
the forest school group move spots almost daily to help preserve the integrity
of the trees, although this proves quite difficult when there are more than
thirty playful individuals! Some of the animals are still gaining confidence
and stick closer to their human keepers, but it is a happy sight to see Merah,
Laksmi, Butan, and Marcela appear with stained lips and tongues from eating fruit
they have found for themselves in the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With help from
our dedicated volunteers, a new location for baby school was constructed,
giving our youngest rehabilitants more access to sunlight and a better section
of forest. This area has larger trees to
climb and cool tools for snacks to be given in the heights. Despite the new location, <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2013/513/First+baby+orangutan+arrives+at++IAR%5C's+new+Orangutan+Rescue+and+Conservation+Centre.html" target="_blank">Tribun </a>and <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2013/529/Primate+Diaries%3A+Three+more+lives+saved.html" target="_blank">Gembar</a> are quickly outgrowing baby school and will soon need to learn the ropes in
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The youngsters love this feeding platform</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The team continues
to take behavior observation data on some individuals as an assessment tool to
determine when they could be considered for release back into the wild. The orangutans must be followed and watched
closely for several hours, and sometimes its hard to keep up with them as they
swing through the trees! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are also
outlining schedules to move more animals from our transit center to their <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/24/Orangutan+rehabilitation+centre.html" target="_blank">new Sungai Awan home</a> in the next couple of weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Don't forget to swing over to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/internationalanimalrescue" target="_blank">Facebook </a>page for more fab photos of the orangutans <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151374149629910.493942.8539814909&type=3" target="_blank">enjoying themselves</a> in the forest!</span></span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-81219849800305659472013-06-11T08:49:00.000-07:002013-07-22T03:57:49.210-07:00International Animal Rescue: May update from Ketapang<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">May has brought some slightly drier weather and a (temporary) respite from rescues. This has allowed us to quickly build up some vital infrastructure on the grounds of the </span><a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/24/Orangutan+rehabilitation+centre.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sungai Awan centre</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Essentials like newly routed plumbing, and on-site tools like a generator, incinerator, and internet access will help the daily activities of the center run more smoothly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />The <a href="http://www.thegreatprojects.com/projects/iar-orangutan-project">Great Orangutan Project</a> volunteers have been busy making boardwalks for better access to the forest, as well as some more permanent enrichment fixtures to promote foraging behavior in our babies and juveniles. Some of the staff even received training in tree climbing so we can encourage the youngsters to hang out more where they belong...in the trees!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gembar is out of quarantine and is just starting out with the little ones in baby school. Noel and Tribune are quite taken with her and her long, flowing hair. If all goes well there and she has the skills and confidence needed to graduate, she will likely be moved to the forest group soon.</span><br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-69512101383343249412013-06-07T03:27:00.002-07:002013-06-07T06:54:59.948-07:00International Animal Rescue: Treat Time for the Macaques<div>
<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.546875px;">by biologist and M.Sc student Wendy Gomez, in Ciapus</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here in Ciapus we have been experimenting with different treats for our rescued macaques. Just as with humans, animals have favourite foods and given a choice, will make a beeline for their favourite snacks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most macaques here prefer to eat papaya, boiled eggs and guava fruit rather than carrots or apples. However, one type of food that drives them crazy (and I mean crazy!) is seeds: sunflower, corn and rice. Whenever we put seeds in any of the enrichment devices (see previous post), the animals immediately target these delicious seeds before eating anything else. So I was very much looking forward to seeing their reaction when the keepers gave them the special treat bags they had made – small bags filled with honey or syrup coated seeds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This sugary treat is a weekly ritual here at the centre, and is part of the enrichment program. I had not seen it before, but my previous encounter with capuchin monkeys (neotropical primates I worked with before coming to Ciapus) had shown me how much they love it. They would grab as much as they could in their hands, stuffing some in their mouths and even in their armpits and run away from the other monkeys! I was looking forward to seeing what crafty strategies the macaques would come up with! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Macaques have “cheek pouches”, which allow them to store huge amount of food in their cheeks (they extend into their necks!) but I have never seen them being used to the degree they used them for storing these seeds. In fact, I was so astonished that I did some further research, and discovered that these pouches can extend to the size of their stomachs! So no clever strategy required for the macaques – just stuff as much as possible into the cheek pouches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watching these macaques was like watching a bunch of kids in a room full of goodie bags. After taking the first bag, they couldn’t stop looking for another, and after taking 2 or 3 (each day they’re given an exact amount of food to meet their nutritional requirements, so the amount of bags per group of macaques is also limited), they would just find a place to start the hard work of opening the bags and the process of filling up their pouches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was a very nice thing to see. I would say that was very close to pure happiness for the animals, and I just couldn’t stop smiling. There are definitely no words to describe the feeling you get when you see these animals enjoying things (and on their way to freedom!) after the suffering many of them have endured in the illegal wildlife trade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That was a very cool day for me (and I’m sure it was a very nice day for the macaques as well!) and I </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">thankfully had my camera with me so I could get some shots of the events! Hope you enjoy!</span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-26870214760840471862013-05-17T07:54:00.001-07:002013-07-22T03:58:06.357-07:00International Animal Rescue: Three more lives saved<i>by Christine Nelson</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The International
Animal Rescue team in Indonesia has been under a lot of pressure with several
urgent rescues coming hot on the heels of the <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2013/520/International+Animal+Rescue+releases+dramatic+footage+showing+rescue+of+starving+orangutans.html" target="_blank">well publicised translocations</a> of
four orangutans, stranded and starving in devastated forest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The team was called to
help <span lang="IN">help an orangutan who was getting dangerously close
to humans due to habitat loss. The
rescue team traveled to Sukamaju, which is only about 30 minutes from the cent</span>r<span lang="IN">e, and was able to capture
the large but thin male. After a short
time of stabili</span>s<span lang="IN">ation, he was then translocated to a larger area of forest where our
field team has reported seeing him again, but with a healthier body condition. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nature and had been taken in by a man after he found her on a <i>rambutan</i> (fruit) plantation near a palm
oil plantation. She is about 4 years old
and was too much for the man to handle, so IAR was called in. There is no indication of what happened to
her mother. She remains very cautious of
humans, but is doing fine in quarantine.
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S<span lang="IN">he had been in the
care of a family for one year. They were
out fishing one day and found her after she had supposedly been left by her
mother</span><span lang="IN"> </span>– something we know to be very unlikely<span lang="IN">. She had been receiving weekly
baths, and was let out of her cage to play once a week as well. Her diet was lacking in fruits and
vegetables, and consisted mostly of milk, rice, and fish. She is adjusting well and awaiting further
medical checks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The work carried by
our project teams in the field is nothing short of heroic, and we are
frequently amazed and awed by the lengths they go to protecting and rescuing
orangutans, often putting themselves in tremendous danger themselves. <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/donate.php" target="_blank">Please show them your support!</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-59169123298769556392013-05-09T08:46:00.000-07:002013-05-09T08:46:20.692-07:00Spring update from International Animal Rescue<br />
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juveniles have now arrived </span>at<span lang="IN"> their new forest home and are ready to take part in the rehabilitation
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New arrivals <span lang="IN"><a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2013/513/First+baby+orangutan+arrives+at++IAR%5C's+new+Orangutan+Rescue+and+Conservation+Centre.html">Tribun</a>
and <a href="http://internationalanimalrescue.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/international-animal-rescue-back-to.html">Onyo</a>
have both graduated from quarantine and are finding their place with</span>in<span lang="IN"> the small baby group. <a href="http://eepurl.com/wYn81">Amin</a> has
also gained medical clearance, and he is learning the routine fast and making new
friends in the forest clan. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">Even though the location is new, the
population density</span> of orangutans<span lang="IN"> is unnaturally high, and the </span>their<span lang="IN"> mischievous and destructive play behavior is
taking its toll on the trees. Saving
more forested land for future use is still a</span><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">priority for the further
development of these young animals. As </span>their individual<span lang="IN"> skills
are </span>revealed<span lang="IN">,
groups are being formed to encourage the rest to learn from those who are more </span>‘<span lang="IN">forest savvy</span>’<span lang="IN">. Some clever orangutans are even making decent
nests and choosing to spend the occasional night in the forest. The </span>team is<span lang="IN"> working hard to keep order, although some
orangutans seem to want to follow a schedule of their own</span>...<span lang="IN">!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">The team is also creating new protocols to
ensure the health, safety, and happiness of all the animals and workers. We have also </span>started to <span lang="IN">implant radio-tracking transmitters in
some of </span>the orangutans we release
back into the wild,<span lang="IN"> so that in the future we can follow
these orangutans closely and learn from their trials and successes in the
field.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-47220081968476422032013-04-26T06:28:00.001-07:002013-05-09T08:46:46.629-07:00Creating enrichment for macaques<i>by biologist and M.Sc student Wendy Gomez, in Ciapus</i><br />
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Being able to do my dissertation project on macaques at the <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/23/Ciapus+primate+centre.html">International Animal Rescue centre in Ciapus, Indonesia</a> has certainly been a privilege, not only because it is a great opportunity to grow academically and professionally, but mainly because it has given me the chance to appreciate the magnificence of these animals while I help their rehabilitation process.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our rescued macaques has a snack</td></tr>
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When it comes to any reintroduction programme, it is fundamental to assure the animals’ ability to obtain food in the wild since it is one of the main challenges they will all have to overcome in order to survive and thrive after release.<br />
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Now, taking into consideration that most of these macaques come from the pet trade and have spent years in captivity (either as pets, street beggars or performers), it is very important to make sure they know how to forage for food in their own habitat - which is very different from finding food in a plate or in a human hand - so they don’t starve to death once they’re released. For this, the keepers at the centre are always trying to come up with creative ways to present the food, using puzzle feeders and feeding devices (made of natural materials such as bamboo branches and other trees) so the amount of time spent by the animals in foraging activities increases, and their foraging skills improve.</div>
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As part of my project and after talking with the keepers, we decided to make a foraging box to give the animals a small representation of what they would find in the wild. Since macaques spend some time foraging on the ground, and besides fruit they also eat insects, leaves and small vertebrates, we thought we could put some of these “ingredients” together in the box, in a way that resembled the natural appearance of their habitat: some soil covered with a thick layer of foliage, branches and rocks that they would have to manipulate to find the fruit and the insects.<br />
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Once the first box was made, we put the soil, rocks, insects, seeds, leaves and small pieces of fruit inside, put one box in a cage and then waited for the animals’ reactions...<br />
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Even though I really wanted the box to work (that would mean seeing the animals forage for at least more than a few minutes on it), I was somehow expecting them to break the box or just take everything out in a second. However, they were carefully moving and manipulating the branches, leaves and rocks to find the crickets, worms and pieces of fruit that were hidden inside. The box was big enough to let 3 macaques use it, and they didn't forage for a few minutes, but for more than 2 hours! :)<br />
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This not only gave us a clue that we were on the right direction with this new enrichment and it’s something we might be able to use in the long term, but it also showed me that I was underestimating the intelligence and abilities of these animals. <br />
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So, we are still working on some improvements for this box to see if we can increase the amount of time the animals use it, but we are excited to know we had a good start with this idea and we are looking forward to testing the new version and see if we can use it with other groups of macaques!<br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-30095920643155794602013-04-18T06:36:00.000-07:002013-04-18T06:40:56.989-07:00International Animal Rescue's Primate Diaries: Dramatic rescues<br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...For now.</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This mother tried to hide up the only remaining tree. The<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">International Animal Rescue and the local
foresty department (BKSDA) in Ketapang received reports of several
orangutans trapped in the fragmented areas of forest near a palm oil plantation
in Tanah Merah, which is about 3 hours by car from the new rescue and rehabilitation centre in Sungai Awan. With their forest home destroyed, the
animals scattered and began to wander the area in search of food and a new
place to live. The palm oil company
asked for help to move the orangutans, who had become a nuisance because they
were eating the young fruits from the palm oil trees. A
collection of forestry department workers, assisted by individuals from IAR,
had already begun conducting environmental surveys in the bordering forest to
find an appropriate place to relocate the orangutans. They found evidence that
the orangutans were eating bark and stems, as there was little fruit and few
leaves available.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our team worked fast on a general health check while<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the third week of March, the rest of the
IAR/BKSDA team arrived to see the desolate and depressing landscape, which is
the product of the destruction of the forest within the borders of the
plantation. Workers from the palm oil
company helped the team to locate the individuals in need of rescue. The first was an adult female who had been
spotted with a baby. When the rescue
team arrived, the baby could not be found, and it is suspected that it was
taken to be kept as a pet, sold to the highest bidder, or worse. The mother, who was still lactating, scrambled
high into a single bare tree, so there was no good way to sedate her at that
time. The group waited for her to come
down and followed her across the apocalyptic terrain before she was safely
captured. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This orangutan and her baby were starving to death due to<br />
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while traveling along the ground, and she was found to be pregnant. It was already dark when she recovered from
the sedative, but she had to be released that night as she was very stressed in
the transport cage.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The last two to be
moved came together as a mother-baby pair, which complicated the darting
process because the baby was clinging tightly to her mother’s back the entire
time. Both were very thin, but the mother handled the drugs well, and the baby
silently watched while still clinging on.</span></span></div>
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everyone made it safely to the forest at the border of the plantation. The future remains questionable for all in
the forest, and saving the land from further industrial use is of utmost
importance for the orangutans.</span></span></div>
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-6359041113426972892013-04-03T08:56:00.002-07:002013-04-03T08:56:21.455-07:00International Animal Rescue: Good news from the slow loris team<br />
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monitoring team<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>because his collar was due
to be changed. Arjuna had survived seven months in the forests of Mount Salak,
displaying extensive ranging and active </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">behaviours</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. The medical team
went too in order to give him a health check whilst the collar was being
replaced. Arjuna was found to be in good condition with a body weight of 840
grams. His body weight had dropped slightly since he was first released, but
this is always expected owing to the increase in foraging and travelling
requirements once back in the wild. A new collar was fitted and monitoring will
now continue for another six months until he has successfully survived across
the two seasons (wet and dry).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are close to 100 slow lorises at our </span><a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/25/Saving+the+slow+loris.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">rescue centre</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in Ciapus, Java
– all victims of the illegal wildlife trade which in recent years has been fuelled
by YouTube videos depicting them as cute, cuddly pets. Eighty per cent of the
rescued lorises have had their teeth cut out by the pet traders before they are
sold – a cruel and painful practice which frequently leads to infection,
septicaemia and death.</span><br />
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International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-12666497608957599482013-03-27T09:41:00.000-07:002013-03-27T09:41:26.541-07:00International Animal Rescue: Back to back rescues!<br />
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amin has finally
arrived! It took nearly 24 hours of
travel over a great distance and bumpy roads, but he has found a new home in
Sungai Awan. The rescue team took the
long journey through some areas of destroyed forest to the staff quarters of a
mining company where Amin was kept as a pet for 2 years. He was purchased by the company’s owner and
mostly spent his time chained around the hips with a tree house for shelter. Once he got a little older and a bit more
destructive, he was moved to a platform in a tree, and the chain was put around
his neck. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amin is gently lifted out of the<br />elevated platform he had been chained to</td></tr>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amin is about 5 years old now and
seems to be in good health despite his previous diet of rice and fried chicken
with some fruits. His behaviour has been
a little unpredictable, but he is calming down and settling in fairly well. He has gone through some initial testing, but
he will have to be re-evaluated, especially because of his long period of
contact with humans. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon after plans
were made to pick up Amin, International Animal Rescue was made aware of another baby in need of
rescue. It was hoped that this next new
addition could be picked up the same day, but the team would have arrived too
late in the night, so the operation had to be postponed. A couple of days later, a team was able to
return and found a male orangutan named Onyo, aged between a year to 18 months old. This little one had lived with a man for about
7 months, and had been drinking milk and eating rice. The man stated that he likes to keep animals
and that he found Onyo at the bottom of a tree after seeing the mother run
away. This is <b>highly unlikely</b>, females orangutans do not simply leave their babies, so it is
assumed that his mother met with a more unfortunate end. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Onyo is bold and brave out in<br />the safety of the forest enclosure</td></tr>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Onyo is quite agreeable and has allowed us to
do some health screening without sedation. He has a couple of dry skin lesions, but is in good health
otherwise. Onyo is having fun climbing
in the trees and shaking the branches, as well as trying lots of new
foods. He seems to have no problem being
in front of the camera, and he likes to offer many poses. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch out for further updates on the progress of
Amin and Onyo, as we will have more stories to tell after their quarantine is
fulfilled and they can be introduced to the rest of the orangutans.</span></span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-6874708412203636612013-03-13T02:59:00.000-07:002013-03-27T03:19:04.939-07:00International Animal Rescue: Update from the orangutan centre<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>By vet Christine Nelson</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Roy shows off his his multi-tasking skills</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">Times are busy
for the orangutans in Sungai Awan</span>, <span lang="IN">as well </span>as <span lang="IN">for the humans looking after them.
We are constantly tweaking the routine to better accomodate the animals
and give them the most natural day possible. The orangutans are always being encouraged to
climb and explore in the forest. Some
possess strong instincts and are traveling high in the trees in search of
fruit, ants, and termites, or they are settling down to make a nest. Others are busy playing with the group and
still learning what the forest has to offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">Butan, Marcela, Merah, and Roy seem to be at the top of the class in
forest school and more regularly go off on their own. Ongky, Ujang, Bandut, Sigit, and Puyol have
now been brought from the transit center, which means we have successfully moved
nearly half the orangutans to their new home in Sungai Awan. The latest arrivals are enjoying being the
biggest individuals on site, but with plans for more moves soon, that won’t
last long. Joyce still acts a bit spoil</span>t<span lang="IN"> and cries when she doesn’t get her way, but she is playing well with
Gunung, Noel, Rocky, and Rickina in the small baby group. They have a fabulous spot in the forest where
they can climb high in the trees or play on the hammocks and platforms
provided. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best buddies Gunung and Noel couldn't be happier <br />
than when they're swinging through the trees!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">The transit
center is a little quieter these days, as the number of babies that go to the
play yard </span>is <span lang="IN">smaller. We
are still making plans for moving the rest of the younger ones as construction
continues. Many of the adults are
becoming familiarized with behaviors like presenting body parts for inspection
or giving an arm for drawing blood voluntarily. This provides some enrichment as well as allows
for better medical examination and health management of the older animals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="IN">There is also a new
young orangutan who came to the Sungai Awan center in mid-February. He has been named Tribun due to some of the
newspaper press coverage his rescue received. He came from the grounds of a palm oil plantation in Kuala Satong, and
we became aware of his presence with the help of a local villager. His behavior is not very wild, which means he
was probably kept in captivity for longer than has been admitted to authorities. Tribun is about </span>a year and a half<span lang="IN"> old, and there are faint lines worn into
his skin around his waist where he may have been tied or chained. He can travel pretty fast in the trees, but he
is thin and his muscles are not that strong.
We are waiting for him to gain that strength before undergoing his full
health tests under anesthesia. Preliminary
blood test results are clear, so hopefully he will meet the other babies in the
coming weeks.</span> Read the full story
about Tribun’s rescue <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2013/513/First+baby+orangutan+arrives+at++IAR%5C%27s+new+Orangutan+Rescue+and+Conservation+Centre.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor Tribun was found living in a cardboard box</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't forget to check our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/internationalanimalrescue" target="_blank">Facebook </a>page and <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/IAR_updates" target="_blank">Twitter </a>profile for up to the minute news and photos of all the animals we rescue and care for.</span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-18206911008600176482013-01-31T03:36:00.000-08:002013-01-31T04:15:05.583-08:00January Update from International Animal Rescue: The Orangutan Babies Move Closer to Freedom!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The beginning of 2013 is proving to be
exciting and eventful! On January 21st,
the Ketapang baby school orangutans made the move to our new center in the village
of Sungai Awan. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The group handled the 25
minute drive well and spent the rest of the day and night getting used to the
sights and sounds of their new surroundings in the habituation cages. The next morning, they were introduced into
the forest school enclosure, where they will learn what it takes to live like
wild orangutans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Merah, Galang, and
Marcela took to the trees straight away, which was not surprising given their
more feral nature. They have been busy
building nests and have also taken turns being the one who is reluctant to
return to the cage for the night. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Butan
is one of the fastest climbers, and spends much of her time patrolling the treetops
in search of ant nests.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Big boy Roy and
little Jacky have surprisingly shown some confidence while going high in the
trees, and Ceria looks good while swinging there as well.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jack seems to be happiest when acting tough,
and he makes a mess by breaking off all the dead branches he can find.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roy enjoying a snack mid-swing</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both the animals and staff are getting used
to the new routine, and we are constantly looking for the best ways to teach the skills needed
for survival and to encourage those individuals who require a little more help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Joyce remains very active and is a clever
little girl. Her medical procedures went
well, and the results look good! In a
short time, she will </span><span lang="IN">finish
her initial isolation period and can </span><span lang="EN-US">be introduced to
the group</span><span lang="IN"> and the forest. </span><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">She has been</span><span lang="EN-US"> the first to
use the accommodation in the spectacular </span><span lang="IN">new </span><span lang="EN-US">building dedicated </span><span lang="IN">solely </span><span lang="EN-US">to quarantine. We are trying to wean her off </span><span lang="IN">close</span><span lang="EN-US"> contact with
humans as she is still</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">very dependent on people after living with a family for a year. </span><span lang="IN">Joyce</span><span lang="EN-US"> is gaining some confidence while </span><span lang="IN">climbing in the trees and</span><span lang="EN-US"> loves to be outside</span><span lang="IN">. </span><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">W</span><span lang="EN-US">hen the wind
blows, she opens her mouth wide and lets her tongue </span><span lang="IN">taste</span><span lang="EN-US"> the breez</span></span><span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e.</span></span></div>
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move more individuals in the near future. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep up to date on all the news from International Animal Rescue by visiting our <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/" target="_blank">website </a>and following us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/internationalanimalrescue" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/IAR_updates" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</span></span></div>
International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-61843090570749795922013-01-23T01:57:00.000-08:002013-01-23T02:10:48.473-08:00Primate diaries from International Animal Rescue's primate centre in Ciapus, Java<br />
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<b>Slow loris Marta’s successful return <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8653905836804703041" name="_GoBack"></a>to her natural habitat</b></div>
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On 12 January 2013, a rescued and released Javan slow loris, Marta, had her radio collar removed and was once again free in her natural habitat. Since being released into the Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park in December 2011, she had been carefully watched for a period of 13 months by the IAR loris monitoring team.</div>
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Marta was among a number of lorises confiscated from the illegal trade and brought to the IAR Rescue Centre in Java in 2010. She spent a number of months in rehabilitation before she was deemed a suitable candidate for the systematic release programme currently underway. Equipped with a radio-collar, she was first released on Salak Mountain back in May 2010. Unfortunately, after only three weeks she travelled down the mountain and into a village, where there was a risk she would be captured again and sold in one of the notorious pet-markets located nearby. She was caught by the IAR monitoring team and brought back to the centre where she received further rehabilitation. In December 2011 she was released again in a different area of the mountain.</div>
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During the monitoring period she was seen on numerous occasions in close proximity to wild lorises and on one occasion was seen copulating. After a year the IAR medical team climbed up the mountain to give Marta one last check-up and ensure she was fit and healthy and ready for life on her own. Marta’s condition was extremely good and her body weight had remained stable over the 13 months. After her collar was cut off she confidently and quickly climbed up into the canopy and disappeared from sight.International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-85851251632963786042013-01-16T07:16:00.000-08:002013-01-16T07:16:47.803-08:00News of the latest arrival at International Animal Rescue’s centre in Ketapang<br />
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On 13 January we accepted a new arrival at the <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/22/Orangutan+emergency+centre.html" target="_blank">emergency care center</a> in Ketapang. Her name is Joyce and she had been living with a family for about a year before she was surrendered into our care with the assistance of the Forestry Department of Ketapang (BKSDA Ketapang). She completed the journey from Kendawangan (3 hours south of Ketapang) dressed in the baby clothes she has been used to wearing, and still clean from her daily baths. Joyce has been living closely with humans in the comfort of air conditioning and a bed to sleep in at night, so she will have some big adjustments to make. She appears to be in good health, but her previous diet consisted mostly of rice and milk, so we have already begun the transition to a more complete and nutritious diet.</div>
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Her caretakers originally obtained her from a man who was trying to trade her for some petrol for his motorbike. She must have been only a few months old at the time, as she is just over a year old now. Unfortunately, this probably means that her orangutan mother died or, more likely, was killed. </div>
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Joyce has lots of energy and has been keeping us busy as she loves to be on the move. Once she passes her health screening tests and her quarantine period is up, we plan to move her to the new rehabilitation center where she can learn about forest life from the other orangutans and the spacious natural environment.</div>
<br />International Animal Rescuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459483526456926116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653905836804703041.post-31838097208738217182013-01-09T03:52:00.000-08:002013-01-09T04:45:55.107-08:00December Update from the International Animal Rescue Orangutan Centre in Ketapang<b>Pelangsi is set free and planning starts for the move to the new centre</b><br />
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The biggest news in December was, of course, the long-awaited release of Pelangsi into his new forest home. A lot of hard work and preparation went into that day, but the team effort paid off and his fond farewell was a terrific achievement. Behavioral observations are underway and assessments are being made for the next group that will be scheduled for release in the future.<br />
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The holidays came and went in a blur as usual, and although nobody likes to step on a scale this time of year, we have begun measuring the weights of the juveniles in our transit area more often. This will allow us to better assess their nutrition and ensure they are growing properly. Melky, Bunga, Ongky and the rest are doing well, and it is easier to catch them on their way in for the night as they are often too anxious to go out to the playground earlier in the day to bother being weighed. Ucil has graduated and is now hanging out with the older babies, which has him spending more time playing and less time trying to escape.<br />
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Galang is fitting in well in baby school and the novelty of his plentiful haircoat has worn off. When he was first introduced, Roy and many others followed him closely for a chance to feel or tug his flowing locks. Rocky is developing some more muscle by trying to keep up with the bigger babies and is now happily eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. Rickina suffered a little setback with an injury to one of her arms, but she is recovering quickly. Part of her treatment has been rest, which she has decided is no fun, making it difficult to keep her contained.<br />
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Construction continues at the new center, so we are using the time to prepare equipment and supplies that will need to be moved. Also, plans are being made and new protocols designed to ensure that daily activities will run smoothly once we are able to settle in.<br />
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