Our Sumatra Wildlife Center cares for confiscated wildlife and strives to rehabilitate them back to the wild.
We have worked with Governments, authorities, individual donors and other NGO’s to rescue animals from exploitation, run programs to help minimize wildlife extinction, work to halt the illegal wildlife trade, and to improve animal welfare in Indonesia. Before opening the Sumatra Wildlife Center, we never owned a wildlife rescue center. Once recued wildlife was untrusted in our care, we would have to rent land or use land provided by the authorities.
In February 2018 we initiated Indonesia’s first K9 wildlife detection unit. The Wildlife detection dogs intercept smugglers and work to stop the trade of wild animals, with the full assistance of the different local authorities in Indonesia. This increased the need for our own wildlife center even more.
We were finally able to start the construction of our own wildlife center in 2018, thanks to all the generous donations from individuals like you! The center opened its doors in 2019 and since then we have been very busy working together with local authorities to combat wildlife crime.
Sumatra is the habitat of many endemic and endangered animals including the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger, Sumatran Elephant, Rhino, Orangutan (two species: The Sumatran Orangutan and the Tapanuli orangutan), the siamang gibbon, the agile gibbon, white handed gibbon, Thomas’ Leafmonkeys, the Sumatran slow loris and other endemic Sumatran Wildlife species.
We need to tackle the criminal and cruel trade of wildlife, and we rely on your support to make this happen.
Ellis Park
When release is not an option, the animals will get a forever home at Ellis Park -which is conveniently located on the adjoining land.
A short summary of this program's activities
Primates are not pets
In Indonesia, primates can often be seen sold on the streets or kept as pets, more often than not, they are suffering. JAAN can help rescue them when they are a protected species by the Indonesian law, such as Leaf Monkeys, Slow Lorises & Gibbons. But we find most often the non-protected species such as the Long Tailed and Pig Tailed Macaques.
Tjing's Jungle School
We wish to highlight a very special individual, a little sunbear named Mano. Confiscated by the national police and our team from the illegal wildlife trade, with two traders arrested, the tiny bear weighing less than an adult cat was taken into our care. Mano is a special case, and needs much attention as she normally would still be with her mother who would teach her the skills of the forest. Now, that’s up to us. Therefore we are created a jungle school.
This important project is named after Tjing (in memoriam) - she had a big heart for animals and she has helped and supported JAAN since the start.
A small glimpse of this program
Thank you Brigitte Bardot Foundation
We are grateful to the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the support throughout 2024 to feed animals in our care at the Sumatra Wildlife Center.
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JAAN relies on the loving and generous support of all animal lovers in Indonesia and the rest of the word.
