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EndangeredSpecies

National 5 years ago

Bandung zoo keepers share challenges of breeding green peafowls

The last strongholds for the species are located in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia’s island of Java, with the remaining population estimated to range between 5,000 and 10,000.

National 5 years ago

Lampung Police arrest three suspected illegal ivory traders

The Lampung Police have arrested three individuals who were allegedly engaged in illegal elephant ivory trade in the region.

National 5 years ago

Planting right crops may prevent elephant-human conflicts: Expert

Wahdi said people should learn from the history of the Aceh Sultanate, which gained wealth from the export of pepper and nutmeg and at the same time, nurtured coexistence with elephants because the animal did not eat the crops.

National 5 years ago

Endangered leatherback turtle found dead near Maluku village

A leatherback sea turtle was found dead off the coast of Asilulu village in Central Maluku regency, Maluku, on Saturday morning.

National 7 years ago

Sighting of Tapanuli orangutan twins raises hope for saving species

Two wildlife conservationists spotted a Tapanuli orangutan with her twin babies in Batang Toru forest in Tapanuli, North Sumatra,raising hopes for saving the critically endangered species.

City 8 years ago

Six white lions introduced to Taman Safari on Imlek

Visitors of wildlife park Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) in Bogor had the opportunity to observe six white lions brought in from Canada at the end of January.

National 8 years ago

Conservationists warn of danger of air rifles to orangutans

Conservation activists have warned the government about the danger air rifles pose to wildlife in Indonesia, following the recent discovery of an orangutan killed with hundreds of shots in the Kutai National Park in East Kalimantan.

National 8 years ago

Four orangutans released into Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park

The US Embassy, the Indonesian government and the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation on Thursday announced the successful release of two male and two female rescued orangutans into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in the center of Kalimantan.

National 8 years ago

Newly discovered orangutan species is most endangered great ape: study

A new species of orangutan has been discovered in the remote jungles of Indonesia, immediately becoming the world's most endangered great ape, researchers said Thursday.