Our Bali Wildlife Rescue Center is one of only seven such hubs in Indonesia. We care for, rehabilitate and release native endangered wildlife, most of which are the victims of illegal trading and poaching.

Across Indonesia wildlife is being displaced by deforestation, when land is cleared to make way for palm oil and rubber plantations, or when roads are built into remote areas. Forced out of their natural habitat, animals and birds become the target of poachers and traffickers.

The primates and birds we look after at the center in Tabanan, south west Bali, include gibbons, macaques, eagles, cockatoos, and peacocks. Most of them have been confiscated by officials from markets, private homes, or businesses where they have been kept as pets or for entertainment. Some are also handed to us by the public. We currently care for more than 40 endangered primates and birds.

We were asked by the Humane Society International (Australia) to take over running the rescue center, which covers a third of a hectare, in 2011. The society was impressed with our success releasing rescued orangutans into the wild in Kalimantan, and endangered birds on Bali’s Nusa Penida island. Thank you to the Humane Society International (Australia) for their support and for funding the center’s operating costs.