Wildlife rescue workers have been hard at work in Indonesia after an investigation following reports from local residents of an orangutan being held captive by a farmer in the Sebomban River area in February. Keeping orangutans is illegal in the region, so the Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and International Animal Rescue (IAR) stepped in to rescue the young animal.
Named Bomban after the area where he was recovered, the baby orangutan had been locked inside a small cage measuring just 50 by 40 centimeters (15 by 20 inches). It’s thought the baby orangutan had been captive here for three months prior to the rescue team s arrival, who approached the farmer and successfully freed Bomban from his cage.
Published on: Friday, March 12, 2021
By: Bernama
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Nita with her handler, Aidey Jaumin, a ranger from the Sabah wildlife rescue unit. (Sabah Wildlife Department pic)
Kota Kinabalu: Her name was Nita and she was just 1 month old when she was found alone in a Tawau oil palm plantation 20 months ago.
She was injured with wounds all over her body and suffering from an umbilical cord and foot infection.
Her rescuers, the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU), brought her to the Borneo Elephant Sanctuary but due to serious complications from her injuries she was euthanised two weeks ago, informed SWD director, Augustine Tuuga, in a statement today.
Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021
By: Elena Koshy
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Dr Nur with the elephant that was later found poisoned. Facing camera is Dr Diana who was involved with the Lok Kawi Zoo and committed suicide for yet unknown reasons two years ago. Nur named the elephant in her memory.
“SHE’S dead,” she says simply before lapsing into silence, eyes glistening. It’s been a tough week for Dr Nurzhafarina Othman. The elephant specialist had just received news that her elephant, whom she’d been observing for over a year, had been found dead in a plantation in Kinabatangan, presumably of suspected poisoning. It’s the same elephant she named “Diana” in honour of her friend, Dr Diana Angeles Ramirez Salvidar, who passed away suddenly two years ago.
Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021
By: Shavez Cheema
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Besides swimming, pangolins also have the ability to climb rocks.
BEING part of the leadership of various wildlife rescues in Borneo either physically leading them or having a network of rescuers in different cities and towns in Borneo, we advise and guide them the best way to release them.
In Sabah, for example, we mostly collaborate with the Wildlife Rescue Unit and give them the information leading to rescues whenever appropriate. We have successfully conducted 137 rescues on Borneo with recorded details and photographs of each operation up to date at November 2020 (details available on request).