Re:__Fw:_(ID)_Death_of_The_Orang-utan_“TOLE�

[Guest guest]

The plight of orangutans in general is on most international news stations today

following the release of new figures from WWF. In a few days, the Borneo

Orangutan Survival Foundation is hosting a conference in Jakarta, in which more

data will be revealed.

However, the allegations put forth in this malicious, unsolicited email are from

an unknown source and the accusations are unfounded. The person who sent this

email hacked into my email accounts and sent to everyone in my address book,

including my 90 year old gran with Alzheimers and several 9 year old pupils that

I teach.

I would appreciate it is you could inform me if the news piece was in relation

to this claim or to the new figures released by WWF.

Michelle Desilets

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundtion UK

Chris Osborn <cjosborn wrote:

The concern about Orang utans made the ABC (Australian Broadcasting

Corporation) 10 pm news this evening.

 

 

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" Dr John Wedderburn " <john

" AAPN List " <aapn >

Friday, January 09, 2004 2:16 PM

Fw: (ID) Death of The Orang-utan “TOLEâ€

 

 

> [Forwarded as received]

>

> The Death of The Orang-utan “TOLE†in Malang Eastern Java.

>

> Dear friend ;

>

> To Whom It May Concern:

>

> Since the early December last year, people feel suspicious over the death

of

> the endanger species after being confiscated from a private home. Police

has

> been asked to conduct an Investigation over the death of the Orang-utan

and

> how many endanger species have been died while being kept in PPS (Animal

> Rescue Center)? Or in Wanariset Semboya?

>

> November 2003, Profouna (NGO) and BKSDA Jatim II(Conservation for Nature

> Resources Authority II) confiscated a 17th years old orang-utan and sent

it

> to Petung Sewu PPS ( Petung Sewu Animal rescue center) owned by Profouna

and

> founded by Gibbon Foundation.

>

> Few weeks later (Early December 2003) , one of animals lover hear that his

> orang-utan died in the Rescue center. He later bring lawsuit against the

> Petung Sewu PPS and Gibbon foundation that sponsor the confiscated

> operation. He and the animal welfare group also sued the management

> authority for Nature conservation to the court and publish the incident to

> the public.

>

> From the hearing , it is not the first issue that the confiscated animals

> died after being sent to the rescue center or rehabilitation center. Some

> sources estimate of hundred of endanger species have been killed because

of

> the poor management of the center.

>

> In 2001, six PPS (rescue centers) have been establish and founded by

Gibbon

> Foundation (Willie Smite). Many animals have been confiscated to the

center.

> But what make people distressed about is many of the confiscated animal

died

> in rescue center. Firstly the rescue center is not capable in keeping the

> animal. Most of them have no experience and expertise about the animal.

> Their target is how many animals that they can confiscate from private

owner

> annually, not how many can they rescue safely. They talking about the

> quantities of animal being rescue, no matter its died or alive. Some of

them

> have been kept in the rescue center for years and the PPS does not know

what

> to do with them. However the more animals they keeps the more funding they

> receive from Gibbon Foundation. The PPS has no record how many an imal

being

> sent or die in the center. There is no ethic and welfare management in the

> center. Many PPS have no permanent veterinarian!. The Flora and Fauna

> Conservation management, Department of Forestry has never investigated how

> many confiscated animal have been died in the center?, How many animals

have

> been released to the wild? and how many of them survive in the wild after

> being released?.

>

> Since there are so many orang-utan being smuggle from the country, many

> worry if there are linked to the rescue animals? Because until now no

body

> knows where is the rescue center get the funding from? How much money that

> Gibbon Foundation receives from the donators? How much money that the

Gibbon

> Foundation spends for the rescue center? How much money the Gibbon

> Foundation spends for the government official? How much money he spend for

> the local police? Why the Department of Forestry is so close to the Gibbon

> Foundation?…..etc.

>

> We all aware that no private are allowed to keep endanger wildlife in

their

> home (according to the Indonesian Conservation law no 5 1990). Even there

> are still many Indonesian and expatriates that keep endanger wildlife in

> their home and some of them had been given permission by the authority to

> keep the animal a long time ago.

>

> The rescue operation should follow the rule/process of how to confiscate

the

> animal and must be done in transparency and professionally.

>

> Click here :

>

> http://www.suarasurabaya.net/newsdetail.php?id=12096

> http://www.suarasurabaya.net/newsdetail.php?id=12147

>

> For the support, I hope you will send a letter to :

>

> Indonesian Minister of forestry

> Gedung Manggala Wana Bhakti

> Gatot Soebroto street

> JAKARTA

>

> email :

> djphka

> dirjen.pka

>

> cc :

>

> Indonesian Zoological Parks Association

> Harsono RM Street No 1

> JAKARTA SELATAN

>

> email :

> pkbsi

> safari

>

> bcc :

>

> redaksi

> akifah

> nany

>

> Thank you for your attention and your carefull to Tole in memoriam, God

> Bless You !

>

> Regard

>

>

>

>

>

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