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  • Woman sentenced for trading in endangered species<br />
<br />
A woman has been sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court for trading in endangered species without certification.<br />
<br />
Dovile Vaitkeviciute, 31 (23.11.84) of Trinity Avenue, Nottingham has today, Thursday, 29 September, been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.<br />
<br />
She was further sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and given a £685 fine.<br />
<br />
She pleaded guilty on 8 September to offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and making a false statement in order to obtain a certificate permitting the trade/sale of a tiger skin.<br />
<br />
Officers from the Met's Wildlife Crime Unit came across a sales advertisement for a 'Javan' Tiger Skin rug on an online auction site under the seller name of 'Mr Muffins Tiny Shop.'<br />
<br />
To be considered an antique, and therefore saleable without a certificate, the tiger used to make the rug would need to have been killed prior to 1947. The tiger skin rug appeared to be in far better condition than would have been expected of such an old item.<br />
<br />
A warrant was obtained from Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to search Vaitkeviciute's home address at that time in Mark Road, Haringey. The warrant was executed on 23rd May 2014 and several Control of Trade in Endangered Species listed skins were seized for subsequent examination by a DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) appointed Wildlife Inspector.<br />
<br />
Ms Vaitkeviciute was aware of the necessity for certification and had previously obtained certificates allowing her to trade in specific items.<br />
<br />
The DEFRA Wildlife Inspector was of the opinion that the 'Javan' Tiger skin rug had been created after 1947. Vaitkeviciute continued to dispute this and the skin was subsequently radio carbon dated which showed that the tiger had in fact been killed in the late 1970s, more than a quarter of a century beyond the acceptable time boundary for trade in endangered animal skins.
    ExPix_sentenced_trading_endangered_s...jpg
  • Woman sentenced for trading in endangered species<br />
<br />
A woman has been sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court for trading in endangered species without certification.<br />
<br />
Dovile Vaitkeviciute, 31 (23.11.84) of Trinity Avenue, Nottingham has today, Thursday, 29 September, been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.<br />
<br />
She was further sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and given a £685 fine.<br />
<br />
She pleaded guilty on 8 September to offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and making a false statement in order to obtain a certificate permitting the trade/sale of a tiger skin.<br />
<br />
Officers from the Met's Wildlife Crime Unit came across a sales advertisement for a 'Javan' Tiger Skin rug on an online auction site under the seller name of 'Mr Muffins Tiny Shop.'<br />
<br />
To be considered an antique, and therefore saleable without a certificate, the tiger used to make the rug would need to have been killed prior to 1947. The tiger skin rug appeared to be in far better condition than would have been expected of such an old item.<br />
<br />
A warrant was obtained from Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to search Vaitkeviciute's home address at that time in Mark Road, Haringey. The warrant was executed on 23rd May 2014 and several Control of Trade in Endangered Species listed skins were seized for subsequent examination by a DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) appointed Wildlife Inspector.<br />
<br />
Ms Vaitkeviciute was aware of the necessity for certification and had previously obtained certificates allowing her to trade in specific items.<br />
<br />
The DEFRA Wildlife Inspector was of the opinion that the 'Javan' Tiger skin rug had been created after 1947. Vaitkeviciute continued to dispute this and the skin was subsequently radio carbon dated which showed that the tiger had in fact been killed in the late 1970s, more than a quarter of a century beyond the acceptable time boundary for trade in endangered animal skins.
    ExPix_sentenced_trading_endangered_s...jpg
  • Woman sentenced for trading in endangered species<br />
<br />
A woman has been sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court for trading in endangered species without certification.<br />
<br />
Dovile Vaitkeviciute, 31 (23.11.84) of Trinity Avenue, Nottingham has today, Thursday, 29 September, been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.<br />
<br />
She was further sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and given a £685 fine.<br />
<br />
She pleaded guilty on 8 September to offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and making a false statement in order to obtain a certificate permitting the trade/sale of a tiger skin.<br />
<br />
Officers from the Met's Wildlife Crime Unit came across a sales advertisement for a 'Javan' Tiger Skin rug on an online auction site under the seller name of 'Mr Muffins Tiny Shop.'<br />
<br />
To be considered an antique, and therefore saleable without a certificate, the tiger used to make the rug would need to have been killed prior to 1947. The tiger skin rug appeared to be in far better condition than would have been expected of such an old item.<br />
<br />
A warrant was obtained from Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to search Vaitkeviciute's home address at that time in Mark Road, Haringey. The warrant was executed on 23rd May 2014 and several Control of Trade in Endangered Species listed skins were seized for subsequent examination by a DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) appointed Wildlife Inspector.<br />
<br />
Ms Vaitkeviciute was aware of the necessity for certification and had previously obtained certificates allowing her to trade in specific items.<br />
<br />
The DEFRA Wildlife Inspector was of the opinion that the 'Javan' Tiger skin rug had been created after 1947. Vaitkeviciute continued to dispute this and the skin was subsequently radio carbon dated which showed that the tiger had in fact been killed in the late 1970s, more than a quarter of a century beyond the acceptable time boundary for trade in endangered animal skins.
    ExPix_sentenced_trading_endangered_s...jpg
  • Woman sentenced for trading in endangered species<br />
<br />
A woman has been sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court for trading in endangered species without certification.<br />
<br />
Dovile Vaitkeviciute, 31 (23.11.84) of Trinity Avenue, Nottingham has today, Thursday, 29 September, been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years.<br />
<br />
She was further sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and given a £685 fine.<br />
<br />
She pleaded guilty on 8 September to offences under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 and making a false statement in order to obtain a certificate permitting the trade/sale of a tiger skin.<br />
<br />
Officers from the Met's Wildlife Crime Unit came across a sales advertisement for a 'Javan' Tiger Skin rug on an online auction site under the seller name of 'Mr Muffins Tiny Shop.'<br />
<br />
To be considered an antique, and therefore saleable without a certificate, the tiger used to make the rug would need to have been killed prior to 1947. The tiger skin rug appeared to be in far better condition than would have been expected of such an old item.<br />
<br />
A warrant was obtained from Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to search Vaitkeviciute's home address at that time in Mark Road, Haringey. The warrant was executed on 23rd May 2014 and several Control of Trade in Endangered Species listed skins were seized for subsequent examination by a DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) appointed Wildlife Inspector.<br />
<br />
Ms Vaitkeviciute was aware of the necessity for certification and had previously obtained certificates allowing her to trade in specific items.<br />
<br />
The DEFRA Wildlife Inspector was of the opinion that the 'Javan' Tiger skin rug had been created after 1947. Vaitkeviciute continued to dispute this and the skin was subsequently radio carbon dated which showed that the tiger had in fact been killed in the late 1970s, more than a quarter of a century beyond the acceptable time boundary for trade in endangered animal skins.
    ExPix_sentenced_trading_endangered_s...jpg
  • Feb. 19, 2016 - Aceh, Indonesia -<br />
<br />
The residents seen on a witness the carcass of a wild Sumatran elephant who was found dead in the Karang Ampar village, Ketol district, Middle of Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 19, 2016. From the resident information, Sumatran elephant was killed on suspect by poison after the protracted conflict between humans and wildlife. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Sumatran_Elephants_Foun...jpg
  • Feb. 19, 2016 - Aceh, Indonesia -<br />
<br />
The hand of residents seen on a witness the carcass of a wild Sumatran elephant who was found dead in the Karang Ampar village, Ketol district, Middle of Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 19, 2016. From the resident information, Sumatran elephant was killed on suspect by poison after the protracted conflict between humans and wildlife.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Sumatran_Elephants_Foun...jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack11.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack10.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack08.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack06.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack05.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack04.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack03.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack01.jpg
  • Feb. 19, 2016 - Aceh, Indonesia -<br />
<br />
The hand of residents seen on a witness the carcass of a wild Sumatran elephant who was found dead in the Karang Ampar village, Ketol district, Middle of Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 19, 2016. From the resident information, Sumatran elephant was killed on suspect by poison after the protracted conflict between humans and wildlife.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Sumatran_Elephants_Foun...jpg
  • Feb. 19, 2016 - Aceh, Indonesia -<br />
<br />
Seen the shadow of residents where watched the carcass of a wild Sumatran elephant who was found dead in the Karang Ampar village, Ketol district, Middle of Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 19, 2016. From the resident information, Sumatran elephant was killed on suspect by poison after the protracted conflict between humans and wildlife.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Sumatran_Elephants_Foun...jpg
  • Feb. 19, 2016 - Aceh, Indonesia -<br />
<br />
Seen the shadow of residents where watch the carcass of a wild Sumatran elephant who was found dead in the Karang Ampar village, Ketol district, Middle of Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 19, 2016. From the resident information, Sumatran elephant was killed on suspect by poison after the protracted conflict between humans and wildlife. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Sumatran_Elephants_Foun...jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack12.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack09.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack07.jpg
  • Great White tries to attack Motor on Back of Boat<br />
<br />
Approximately eight kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai, quite close to Dyer Iceland / South Africa, a great white shark tried to attack the outboard motor of our boat.<br />
<br />
The touch-sensitive area of the nose of the shark has unusual consequences: The shark opens its mouth and is relatively far from the water. In slow motion, it remains for a moment, then again to return back to his element ..<br />
©Klaus Jos/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Shark_attack02.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit16.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit15.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit17.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit2.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit3.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit4.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit7.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit8.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit9.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit1.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit14.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit5.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit6.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit10.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit11.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit12.jpg
  • Guangzhou, China - <br />
<br />
Forbidden Fruit<br />
<br />
'Turtle Meat can cure cancer!'- Such traditional wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, whose markets stock exotic and endangered animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages. However a movement of nascent NGOs such as the South China Nature Society, run by student conservationists, is challenging centuries of ancient wisdom by trying to change consumer appetites in South China. <br />
<br />
Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China. <br />
<br />
The main reason for this is 2,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine that lists curative qualities in thousands of rare and exotic animals, such as the Sumatran Tiger. It is often the case, that the more rare the animal the greater the affect. <br />
<br />
The pursuit of these traditions is the driving force behind the $20 billion USD illegal wildlife network; the worlds third largest elicit trade, surpassed only by arms and drugs. The network activity intensifies in South East Asia home to rich biodiversity, well developed transport infrastructures, high profit margins and lax law enforcement, a haven for wildlife smugglers. <br />
<br />
February 2009 - Vietnamese authorities recently seized a record haul of smuggled wildlife including two tons of Tiger Bones, Bear Paws and Gall Bladders. The destination was China where Tiger bones can fetch up to $70,000. <br />
<br />
One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite. Rising incomes have allowed more consumers to indulge in exotic foods once considered exclusive delicacies for the rich. The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth. <br />
<br />
A recent poll taken in Guangzhou found that half the population had eaten wildlife, Snake being named as the favorite of half of those surveyed. A popular saying
    Exclusivepix_Forbidden_Fruit13.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds8.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds7.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds4.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds13.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds12.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds11.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds6.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds5.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds1.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds3.jpg
  • Ouch! Now I feel silly: Baby elephant lands on his trunk after tripping over log at Vienna Zoo<br />
<br />
When you’re a baby elephant there’s much to learn. <br />
For instance, some logs you can simply step over – and some are so big it’s best to go round them.<br />
Unfortunately for this little one at Vienna Zoo, mum was too busy to offer any advice, so he had to learn the hard way, tripping up and landing, rather uncomfortably, on his trunk.<br />
The Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna is the world's oldest animal conservation facility and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
Last month, the zoo announced that one of their elephants had become pregnant from frozen sperm.<br />
Scientists succeeded for the first time in impregnating an elephant with frozen sperm, ultrasound pictures presented by the zoo showed.<br />
The scan showed a 10.6-centimetre-long (4.2 inch), five-month-old elephant foetus with its trunk, legs, tail, eyes and ears clearly discernible.<br />
<br />
The foetus, which was scanned in April, is likely now 20 cm long, the zoo said, and is due to be born to 26-year-old African elephant Tonga in or around August 2013 after a pregnancy of about 630 days.<br />
Elephants have been impregnated with fresh or refrigerated sperm in the past in an effort to protect endangered species, but frozen sperm can be transported further, and allows the female elephant to be inseminated at her most fertile time.<br />
A zoo spokeswoman said the sperm was taken from a sedated wild elephant in South Africa using electroejaculation in the project known internally as 'Operation Frozen Dumbo'.<br />
It took eight months to clear customs on its way to France due to lack of an established procedure for such wares.<br />
The project was a joint effort of Schoenbrunn Zoo, Berlin's Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, France's Beauval Zoo and Pittsburgh Zoo in the United States.<br />
Both African and Asian species of elephant are endangered, especially the Asian, mainly due to poaching for meat and ivory tusks and destruction of their habit
    Exclusivepix_baby_Elephant_Tumble2.jpg
  • Ouch! Now I feel silly: Baby elephant lands on his trunk after tripping over log at Vienna Zoo<br />
<br />
When you’re a baby elephant there’s much to learn. <br />
For instance, some logs you can simply step over – and some are so big it’s best to go round them.<br />
Unfortunately for this little one at Vienna Zoo, mum was too busy to offer any advice, so he had to learn the hard way, tripping up and landing, rather uncomfortably, on his trunk.<br />
The Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna is the world's oldest animal conservation facility and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
Last month, the zoo announced that one of their elephants had become pregnant from frozen sperm.<br />
Scientists succeeded for the first time in impregnating an elephant with frozen sperm, ultrasound pictures presented by the zoo showed.<br />
The scan showed a 10.6-centimetre-long (4.2 inch), five-month-old elephant foetus with its trunk, legs, tail, eyes and ears clearly discernible.<br />
<br />
The foetus, which was scanned in April, is likely now 20 cm long, the zoo said, and is due to be born to 26-year-old African elephant Tonga in or around August 2013 after a pregnancy of about 630 days.<br />
Elephants have been impregnated with fresh or refrigerated sperm in the past in an effort to protect endangered species, but frozen sperm can be transported further, and allows the female elephant to be inseminated at her most fertile time.<br />
A zoo spokeswoman said the sperm was taken from a sedated wild elephant in South Africa using electroejaculation in the project known internally as 'Operation Frozen Dumbo'.<br />
It took eight months to clear customs on its way to France due to lack of an established procedure for such wares.<br />
The project was a joint effort of Schoenbrunn Zoo, Berlin's Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, France's Beauval Zoo and Pittsburgh Zoo in the United States.<br />
Both African and Asian species of elephant are endangered, especially the Asian, mainly due to poaching for meat and ivory tusks and destruction of their habit
    Exclusivepix_baby_Elephant_Tumble3.jpg
  • Ouch! Now I feel silly: Baby elephant lands on his trunk after tripping over log at Vienna Zoo<br />
<br />
When you’re a baby elephant there’s much to learn. <br />
For instance, some logs you can simply step over – and some are so big it’s best to go round them.<br />
Unfortunately for this little one at Vienna Zoo, mum was too busy to offer any advice, so he had to learn the hard way, tripping up and landing, rather uncomfortably, on his trunk.<br />
The Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna is the world's oldest animal conservation facility and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
Last month, the zoo announced that one of their elephants had become pregnant from frozen sperm.<br />
Scientists succeeded for the first time in impregnating an elephant with frozen sperm, ultrasound pictures presented by the zoo showed.<br />
The scan showed a 10.6-centimetre-long (4.2 inch), five-month-old elephant foetus with its trunk, legs, tail, eyes and ears clearly discernible.<br />
<br />
The foetus, which was scanned in April, is likely now 20 cm long, the zoo said, and is due to be born to 26-year-old African elephant Tonga in or around August 2013 after a pregnancy of about 630 days.<br />
Elephants have been impregnated with fresh or refrigerated sperm in the past in an effort to protect endangered species, but frozen sperm can be transported further, and allows the female elephant to be inseminated at her most fertile time.<br />
A zoo spokeswoman said the sperm was taken from a sedated wild elephant in South Africa using electroejaculation in the project known internally as 'Operation Frozen Dumbo'.<br />
It took eight months to clear customs on its way to France due to lack of an established procedure for such wares.<br />
The project was a joint effort of Schoenbrunn Zoo, Berlin's Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, France's Beauval Zoo and Pittsburgh Zoo in the United States.<br />
Both African and Asian species of elephant are endangered, especially the Asian, mainly due to poaching for meat and ivory tusks and destruction of their habit
    Exclusivepix_baby_Elephant_Tumble4.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds10.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds9.jpg
  • SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: <br />
<br />
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs<br />
<br />
More than 24 critically endangered cockatoos were rescued by police after being found stuffed in water bottles for illegal trade. <br />
Smugglers crammed the Yellow-crested cockatoos into empty bottles so they could get through customs at Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, Indonesia.<br />
But Indonesian Police discovered the birds, which can be sold for as much as £650 each, and cut them free so they could receive medical attention.<br />
The Yellow-crested cockatoo was listed as a critically endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2007.<br />
<br />
The population is at a critical low due to deforestation and poaching and recent studies suggest there may be less than 7,000 individuals remaining.<br />
More than 10,000 parrots, including Lories and Cockatoos, are caught from the wild in North Halmahera, Indonesia, each year to supply the domestic and the international illegal wildlife trade.<br />
<br />
Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process. <br />
So for every 1,000 parrots caught from the wild, 400 birds died in vain, during the poaching, transportation and trade, due to poor conditions and cruel handling.<br />
<br />
Most parrots are prohibited from international commercial trade unless they are captive bred or permitted by the exporting country. <br />
Yellow-crested cockatoos also breed very slowly and lay eggs only once a year. They can produce only two eggs at a time.<br />
Illegal trapping continues in many areas including Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park, Buton and Kadatua Islands, but has reportedly been reduced significantly on Sumba.<br />
Large-scale logging and conversion of forest to agriculture across its range has exacerbated the decline, and the use of pesticides is a further potential threat. <br />
The white birds can range in size from 12 inch to about 27inch in length and present a beautiful yellow crest
    Exclusivepix_Bottled_Birds2.jpg
  • Ouch! Now I feel silly: Baby elephant lands on his trunk after tripping over log at Vienna Zoo<br />
<br />
When you’re a baby elephant there’s much to learn. <br />
For instance, some logs you can simply step over – and some are so big it’s best to go round them.<br />
Unfortunately for this little one at Vienna Zoo, mum was too busy to offer any advice, so he had to learn the hard way, tripping up and landing, rather uncomfortably, on his trunk.<br />
The Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna is the world's oldest animal conservation facility and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
Last month, the zoo announced that one of their elephants had become pregnant from frozen sperm.<br />
Scientists succeeded for the first time in impregnating an elephant with frozen sperm, ultrasound pictures presented by the zoo showed.<br />
The scan showed a 10.6-centimetre-long (4.2 inch), five-month-old elephant foetus with its trunk, legs, tail, eyes and ears clearly discernible.<br />
<br />
The foetus, which was scanned in April, is likely now 20 cm long, the zoo said, and is due to be born to 26-year-old African elephant Tonga in or around August 2013 after a pregnancy of about 630 days.<br />
Elephants have been impregnated with fresh or refrigerated sperm in the past in an effort to protect endangered species, but frozen sperm can be transported further, and allows the female elephant to be inseminated at her most fertile time.<br />
A zoo spokeswoman said the sperm was taken from a sedated wild elephant in South Africa using electroejaculation in the project known internally as 'Operation Frozen Dumbo'.<br />
It took eight months to clear customs on its way to France due to lack of an established procedure for such wares.<br />
The project was a joint effort of Schoenbrunn Zoo, Berlin's Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, France's Beauval Zoo and Pittsburgh Zoo in the United States.<br />
Both African and Asian species of elephant are endangered, especially the Asian, mainly due to poaching for meat and ivory tusks and destruction of their habit
    Exclusivepix_baby_Elephant_Tumble1.jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures1.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures5.jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures2.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures6.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures7.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures10.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures8.jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures9.jpg
  • May 7, 2014 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, MAY 7, 2014: <br />
<br />
Rare Newborn Sumtran Tiger Baby<br />
<br />
Simanis (15) mother of Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) with some newborn baby at Medan Zoo on May 7, 2014 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. A total of four baby of Sumatran tiger were born on Wednesday morning  may 7, 2014 at the Medan zoo. Sumatran tigers are endangered at the moment and the only types of tigers are still alive in Indonesia. <br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Rare_Newborn_Sumtran_Ti...jpg
  • A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES<br />
<br />
It's certainly a novel way to improve the interaction between man and bird. <br />
A new sport has been launched which gives paragliders the opportunity to interact with vultures as they glide above the land: Parahawking.<br />
Invented by avian expert Scott Mason to highlight the plight of Asia's endangered vultures, the sport combines ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of paragliding, where both parties use rising currents of warm air to glide high above the land.<br />
<br />
Birds of prey are able to gain height and fly long distances without flapping their wings,' explains Mason. <br />
'We as paragliders harness their natural ability to conserve energy by following them as we fly.'<br />
During the flight paragliders place small morsels of meat onto their gloved hands and the birds gently land to take the food, then fly gracefully away to find the next thermal.<br />
'It's a perfect symbiotic relationship,' Mason said.<br />
<br />
'Parahawking has gone from a personal experiment to a global phenomenon whereby several hundred people each year are taken on a tandem flight and given the unique opportunity to fly and interact with a bird of prey in its own environment.'<br />
<br />
Asia's vultures are virtually on the brink of extinction due to a drug called Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly administered to sick and dying livestock across Asia which is poisonous to vultures.   <br />
When the birds feed from animal carcasses that have been treated with Diclofenac, it causes renal failure and death. <br />
The White Backed Vulture, The Slender Billed Vulture and the Long Billed Vulture have declined 99.9 per cent in the last 15 years, meaning 40 million birds have died.<br />
'Vultures are often misunderstood and have a rather unsavory image,' says Mason. <br />
'By using vultures for Parahawking we hope to change our perceptions of them. Parahawking is our unique and innovative contribution to help
    Exclusivepix_Flying_with_Vultures4.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola12.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola14.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola11.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola10.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola07.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola04.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Zola05.jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom12.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom10.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom11.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom06.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom07.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom05.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    ExPix_Orangutan_Rescue_Kokom02.JPG
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
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A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
  • Conservationists return three rescued orangutans to freedom in the rainforest but warn of increasing threats to the species’ survival<br />
<br />
Three orangutans have been rescued and released into a national park in West Kalimantan after being driven out of the forest by massive land clearance operations to make way for agricultural plantations. News of the orangutans’ translocation has been released with a strong message about increasing threats to the survival of the Critically Endangered species.<br />
<br />
A team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia joined with Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP) and members of the BKSDA (Conservation of Natural Resources) in West Kalimantan to release the three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus.)<br />
<br />
The orangutans were named Brown, Kokom, and Zola. Zola was rescued by IAR’s team and the local Forest Department on 30 January this year.  Brown was rescued on 27 December 2016 from a village not far from IAR’s rescue centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang and female Kokom was rescued on 30 November from a rubber plantation owned by residents in Sumber Priangan Village, Nanga Tayap District. She was found with a rope around her neck, suggesting she had been kept in captivity, perhaps as a pet, and then set free.<br />
<br />
Zola was rescued from a pineapple plantation owned by residents in the village of Merbau, in Ketapang. The adult male weighing about 60 kg was captured by IAR’s team after damaging hundreds of the villagers’ pineapple plants. The pineapple orchard is adjacent to an area of land currently being cleared. Zola had apparently been driven out of his habitat by the land clearing activities and entered the pineapple plantation in search of food.<br />
<br />
The three rescues indicate that the orangutans’ habitat is being increasingly squeezed by massive forest clearance for industrial-scale agricultural plantations. <br />
<br />
Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said: “Orangutans are declining very fast and their forest is disappearin
    Expix_Orangutan_Release_Zola_Kokom_B...jpg
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