APSN Banner

Conservation & Animal Rights

Displaying 251 - 300 of 352 Documents

April 28, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 28, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan Zoo in North Sumatra launched a donation campaign on Monday in the hopes of covering its operational budget and supplying food for animals in the par

April 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 26, 2020

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Thousands of animals living in Indonesian zoos are facing the threat of famine as management struggles to afford animal feed as would-be visitors stay home to cont

April 22, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 22, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Five-year-old Sumatran tiger Corina had one of her legs stuck in a wire trap for at least three days at a forest in Teluk Meranti, Pelalawan, Riau before

April 16, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 16, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – An elephant was found brutally killed four kilometers away from the Kelayang district head office in Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau, on Wednesday, with the per

April 6, 2020

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2020

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A 42-year-old farmer was mauled to death by a Sumatran tiger in the encroached forest area of Mount Leuser National Park in Langkat regency, North Sumatra over

April 4, 2020

Channel News Asia - April 4, 2020

Jakarta – Poaching and habitat loss have decimated Indonesia's orangutan population, but now coronavirus has emerged as another potential deadly threat to the critically endangered spe

April 1, 2020

Mongabay - April 1, 2020

Junaidi Hanafiah, Aceh Besar, Indonesia – Conservationists say a road project at the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra Island poses a threat to critically endangered wildlife, but th

March 30, 2020

Jakarta Post - March 30, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Riau) rescued a female Sumatran tiger that had been severely wounded by a poacher's snare at a pulp pla

March 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - March 21, 2020

Asip Hasani, Tulungagung, East Java – Tulungagung Police in East Java arrested a fisherman for catching nine long-beaked common dolphins from the sea to be sold to a local fish trader.

March 20, 2020

Mongabay - March 20, 2020

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have ordered a temporary closure of dozens of national parks and conservation sites to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus that has

Mongabay - March 20, 2020

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Conservationists and affected communities have slammed a plan to build a road through a jungle-clad mountain in Indonesia's West Java province, citing the lack

March 18, 2020

March 13, 2020

Mongabay - March 13, 2020

Suryadi, Pekanbaru, Indonesia – Wildlife experts have called on the Indonesian government to boost protection of critically endangered tigers in the vicinity of a major road project in

February 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 21, 2020

Dedek Hendry, Bengkulu – A female Sumatran tiger has been found dead in a wire trap in a forest within Seluma regency, Bengkulu, in yet another incident that has drawn attention to the

February 19, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 19, 2020

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Dozens of bird species endemic to Sumatra Island are closer to extinction because of habitat loss from land use change as well as illegal hunting.

February 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 17, 2020

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Twenty-one new species have been added to the list of bird species endemic to Indonesia as of the beginning of 2020, bringing the country's total to 1,794 bird spe

February 16, 2020

Channel News Asia - February 16, 2020

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – When Mr Richard Ratuwalu moved to a housing complex in an eastern suburb of Jakarta in 2016, the 40-year-old banker thought he had hit the jackpot.

February 6, 2020

Coconuts Jakarta - February 6, 2020

Indonesia has reached an important milestone in the animal rights movement, as the government has officially banned traveling dolphin circus shows throughout the country.

February 5, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2020

Jakarta – East Java Police have dismantled a syndicate they accuse of selling endangered animals that allegedly operated in several areas in East Java.

February 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 4, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The management of Kasang Kulim Pekanbaru Zoo in Riau is being investigated over allegations of negligence after one of two leopard cubs sent by the Riau Poli

February 3, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 3, 2020

Jakarta – A contest to save a wild crocodile that has been living with a used motorcycle tire around its neck for years has been cancelled after the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources

January 30, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 30, 2020

Jakarta – The Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Central Sulawesi) is holding a contest for anyone who is willing and able to save a wild crocodile in Palu t

January 28, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 28, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A 5-year-old male elephant was wounded in Bengkalis regency of Riau after stepping into a trap.

January 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2020

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Riau) is putting GPS collars on a herd of wild elephants in Riau for the first time in an effort to red

January 24, 2020

Mongabay - January 24, 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The fires that raze vast swaths of Indonesian Borneo every year are having a lasting health impact on the region's critically endangered orangutans that t

January 16, 2020

Jakarta Globe - January 16, 2020

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – At least five hectares of forest land inside the Giak Siam Kecil conservation in Bengkalis, Riau, were destroyed by fire on Thursday.

January 10, 2020

Mongabay - January 10, 2020

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad, East Lampung, Indonesia – The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh, notorious for public canings carried out under sharia law, plans to put t

ABC News - January 10, 2020

Ivan Pereira – Scientists who explored high altitude locations in the Indonesian archipelago discovered a group of new bird species.

January 6, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 6, 2020

Jakarta – A total of 25 dead turtles found in the waters of Sepang Bay in Bengkulu, with the latest discovered on Friday, may possibly have been killed by rising sea temperatures, an e

December 30, 2019

Mongabay - December 30, 2019

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang, Indonesia – A spate of recent tiger attacks on farmers in Indonesia's South Sumatra province has renewed calls from experts to protect wildlife habitats from

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – An endangered giant leatherback turtle was found slaughtered in Sosorgadong district, Central Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra on Monday.

December 25, 2019

Sydney Morning Herald - December 25, 2019

Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Hundreds of people living in a housing complex 35 kilometres to the south of the Indonesian capital have been forced to learn safe snake-handling techniques t

December 18, 2019

Mongabay - December 18, 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's North Sumatra province, the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), has proven to be a precarious place for the ap

December 12, 2019

Coconuts Bali - December 12, 2019

Police in the Blahbatuh sub-district of Gianyar regency have been receiving flower boards from animal lovers and activists these past few weeks, who are thanking officers for enforcing

December 11, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 11, 2019

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Personnel of the Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) have discovered hundreds of traps allegedly set up by poachers around several conservatio

December 9, 2019

Al Jazeera - December 9, 2019

Ian Lloyd Neubauer, Jogjakarta and Denpasar, Indonesia – Every year in Indonesia, at least one million dogs are brutally butchered for human consumption, according to various charities

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2019

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Authorities have arrested five suspected poachers and traders targeting Sumatran tigers, confiscating four fetuses of the endangered species and tiger skin d

December 8, 2019

Tempo - December 8, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – A joint team of the police and the Environment and Forestry Ministry has arrested five people over alleged illegal hunting of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris) in Ria

December 6, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 6, 2019

Jakarta – Local residents have found another dead sea turtle washed up on a beach near Baai Island Port in the city of Bengkulu, on Thursday, making it the 10th dead turtle discovered

December 4, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Jakarta – The Central Java administration is requiring regents and mayors across the province to ban the consumption of dog meat throughout the region.

December 3, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2019

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – An animal rights organization, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is lambasting the Bandung administration in West Java for handing out chick

November 28, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A blind male orangutan that was found with 24 air rifles pellets in his body was declared to be a stable condition on Thursday after a team of veterinarians re

November 26, 2019

Channel News Asia - November 26, 2019

Lospalos, Timor Leste – Mario Da Cruz could only watch in horror as a small army of crocodiles killed a child on a Timor Leste beach – another victim of the tiny nation's soaring rate

November 22, 2019

Reuters - November 22, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities suspect a Sumatran elephant found dead in a palm oil plantation may have been poisoned or electrocuted, marking the second time in a week a carcass of

November 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2019

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The carcass of an elephant with its tusks and trunk cut off has been found decomposing in the concession area of PT Arara Abadi (AA) in Bengkalis regency, Ri

November 15, 2019

Mongabay - November 15, 2019

Michael Standaert – Recent dry-season fires that raged across Indonesia in September and October have taken a toll on forests, even in protected areas.

November 1, 2019

Tempo - November 1, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – Activists from the Wildlife Crime Team (WCT) ask the Indonesian government to form a task force that focuses on handling conflicts between men and the Sumatran tiger

October 31, 2019

Tempo - October 31, 2019

Ludhy Cahyana, Jakarta – Directorate General of Natural Resource and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE) of Environment and Forestry Ministry was set to open the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary II

October 18, 2019

Coconuts Jakarta - October 18, 2019

A shocking case of alleged deadly animal abuse has sparked huge outrage on social media in Indonesia this week, prompting a police probe into the matter.

October 10, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 10, 2019

Arya Dipa, Bandung – With numerous infrastructure development projects in the pipeline on Java Island and the never-ending expansion of plantations that divide jungles into smaller sec