41 orangutans ahead exploited for kick-boxing shows in Thailand are traveling aback to Indonesia.Store this angel in big sizeAn Open Letter to the President of the Republic of Indonesia apropos the repatriation of Indonesian orangutans from Thailand:
Your Excellency Mr President Bambang Yudhoyono,
The Indonesian government’s adept efforts, lobbying and the NGOs’ continued harder campaigns ambitious the repatriation of hundreds of illegally exported Indonesian orangutans to Safari World in Thailand accept assuredly borne a absolute result. On 23rd September 2006, 41 orangutans ahead exploited for “kick-boxing” shows at the Thai Safari World are traveling to be alternate to Indonesia.
According to the plan, the orangutans are to be transported aback to Indonesia by a Hercules aircraft and clearly met aloft accession by the First Lady, Madam Kristiani Yudhoyono, calm with the aggregation from the Department of Forestry and a bartering company, Messrs Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI).
In account of the repatriation of the aloft Indonesian orangutans, we, six Indonesian NGOs consisting of ProFauna Indonesia, Animal Advocacy Institute (LASA), Indonesian Society for Animal Welfare (ISAW), BEBSIC Kalimantan Timur, Aliansi untuk Satwa Indonesia (AuSI) and Forum for Forest and Animals (FORESTA) ambition to accompaniment the following:
1.We acceptable the repatriation of 41 Indonesian orangutans to be cared for at the Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in Kalimantan with the sole cold of abiding them to the agrarian afterward their rehabilitation. There are added than acceptable accomplished animal assets and accessories provided at the Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in Kalimantan and the PPSs (Wildlife Rescue Centres) to affliction for all of the orangutans that will be arriving.
2.We acerb article to the captivation of Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) in this action due to the actuality that TSI authority their own orangutan “shows”, base the orangutans for bartering purposes in a address agnate to the corruption accustomed by the actual orangutans accepting alternate from Safari World in Thailand. Taman Safari Indonesia has never been complex with our efforts in advancement and acclimation the acknowledgment of these apes at any date in the action and we see no acumen why they are now complex in the final date of the repatriation of the orangutans.
3.On 24th July 2006, two orangutans illegally exported and confiscated in Vietnam were repatriated to Indonesia. At that time these orangutans were briefly entrusted to the affliction of Taman Safari Indonesia for apprehension purposes and the government at the time promised that the two orangutans would be beatific to the orangutan re-introduction centre. However, to date these orangutans are still accepting kept at TSI. We ask that the Department of Forestry anon forward these two orangutans to the re-introduction centre so that they can accept a rehabilitation affairs as anon as possible, in adjustment to acclimate them to activity in the agrarian again.
4.We achievement that the Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction Centre which has been entrusted with the affliction of the orangutans from Thailand will accommodate advice to the accepted accessible on their action and advance during their rehabilitation with the purpose of ensuring accuracy on their able-bodied being.
Yours sincerely,
On account of the affiliation of NGOs for orangutans:
•Asep Rahmat Purnama (Chairman of ProFauna Indonesia)
Email: profauna@profauna.or.id
•Irma Hermawati, SH (Director of LASA)
Email: lasa@indo.net.id
ProFauna UK Representative
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Northwood
Middlesex
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Not for accumulation - Indonesian wildlife attention society
2009年12月16日星期三
ProFauna UK - National Campaign Against Illegal Trade In Wildlife in Indonesia Has Been Launched
ProFauna Indonesia, a wildlife attention society, has apprenticed the Indonesian government to crop burning accomplish to accord with the aggressive actionable barter in endangered wildlife. Hundreds of bags of agrarian animals are poached and traded anniversary year for calm and across “exotic pet” markets. Some are atrociously exploited for bushmeat and "medicine". 95% of traded animals are bent in the wild, aggressive the bio-diversity and sending abounding breed to extinction.
ProFauna delivered its address to the government of Indonesia this week, if it launched its civic attack adjoin the barter in wildlife in foreground of the presidential palace, Jakarta. Conservationist activitists staged a demonstration, sending a bulletin that this barter is not alone atrocious but a crime. More demonstrations will be staged after in 17 added cities throughout Indonesia.
It was abstruse from the Indonesian Minister of Forestry, Mr M.S. Kaban, that the Indonesian government does not yet accept a civic plan to actively abode this problem.
ProFauna is advancement the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to account that the actionable barter in wildlife is a austere civic affair and for him to crop accurate accomplish to action the problem.
In the endure 10 years ProFauna Indonesia has conducted abounding investigations into this barter in Indonesia, alignment from Papua up to Medan, North Sumatera. There is acceptable acumen to be anxious as the barter seems to be uncontrollable, admitting a few areas which accept auspiciously abstemious it, such as that of sea turtles in Bali. However, in abounding added cities including Jakarta, abounding endangered breed which are declared to be adequate by law, are still accepting poached and traded. Some are even bought by government officials, badge and aggressive personnel.
It is estimated that this actionable barter is account Indonesian Rupiah 9 Trillion ( US$ 900 Million ) anniversary year, due to the top prices paid for the added endangered species. In the calm atramentous bazaar a Sumatran tiger can back Rp 20 Million ( US$2000 ) and a Javan Owa ( gibbon ) Rp 3 Million ( US$300 ). The amount is abundant college in all-embracing atramentous market. An orangutan can back US$45,000 in all-embracing atramentous market.
Illegal barter in wildlife is atrocious and is commonly operated by arrangement of bent gangs, specialising in poaching and smuggling.
ProFauna is ambrosial to the Indonesian President to affair instructions abhorrent noncombatant servants, badge and army cadre from befitting adequate animals at home and to set up a appropriate assignment force team, involving the administration of Forestry, Police, Military badge and the Public Prosecutors’ Office, to accord with this analytical issue.
A new website has been launched to accumulate petitions at www.profauna.org
ProFauna UK
Diana Wright
www.profauna-uk.org
info@profauna-uk.org
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Source: i-newswire.com
ProFauna delivered its address to the government of Indonesia this week, if it launched its civic attack adjoin the barter in wildlife in foreground of the presidential palace, Jakarta. Conservationist activitists staged a demonstration, sending a bulletin that this barter is not alone atrocious but a crime. More demonstrations will be staged after in 17 added cities throughout Indonesia.
It was abstruse from the Indonesian Minister of Forestry, Mr M.S. Kaban, that the Indonesian government does not yet accept a civic plan to actively abode this problem.
ProFauna is advancement the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to account that the actionable barter in wildlife is a austere civic affair and for him to crop accurate accomplish to action the problem.
In the endure 10 years ProFauna Indonesia has conducted abounding investigations into this barter in Indonesia, alignment from Papua up to Medan, North Sumatera. There is acceptable acumen to be anxious as the barter seems to be uncontrollable, admitting a few areas which accept auspiciously abstemious it, such as that of sea turtles in Bali. However, in abounding added cities including Jakarta, abounding endangered breed which are declared to be adequate by law, are still accepting poached and traded. Some are even bought by government officials, badge and aggressive personnel.
It is estimated that this actionable barter is account Indonesian Rupiah 9 Trillion ( US$ 900 Million ) anniversary year, due to the top prices paid for the added endangered species. In the calm atramentous bazaar a Sumatran tiger can back Rp 20 Million ( US$2000 ) and a Javan Owa ( gibbon ) Rp 3 Million ( US$300 ). The amount is abundant college in all-embracing atramentous market. An orangutan can back US$45,000 in all-embracing atramentous market.
Illegal barter in wildlife is atrocious and is commonly operated by arrangement of bent gangs, specialising in poaching and smuggling.
ProFauna is ambrosial to the Indonesian President to affair instructions abhorrent noncombatant servants, badge and army cadre from befitting adequate animals at home and to set up a appropriate assignment force team, involving the administration of Forestry, Police, Military badge and the Public Prosecutors’ Office, to accord with this analytical issue.
A new website has been launched to accumulate petitions at www.profauna.org
ProFauna UK
Diana Wright
www.profauna-uk.org
info@profauna-uk.org
***
Source: i-newswire.com
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