These shocking images show how, in one of Jakarta’s most crowded slums, the emaciated monkeys are forced to act out human activities as part of a cruel circus show.

Wearing bizarre costumes and dolls masks, the long tailed macaques can be seen riding bikes, rocking horses and scooters while their owners collect money from spectators.

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Pittance: The primates are openly sold in monkey parks and bought by trainers for as little as £14

The primates are openly sold in monkey parks across the country and bought by trainers for as little as £14.

Kept in small cages, they are forced to undergo agonising training regimes to perform stunts at the Masked Monkey Park.

Some of the trainers even hang the moneys upside down, or strap their arms behind their backs, to force the monkeys to walk upright.

One of the trainers, called Cecep, told a local newspaper around half the monkeys undergoing the training died.

Suffer: The Jakarta Animal Aid Network said that in the first two weeks of training, many of the monkeys die

He said: ‘I’ve lost count of how many monkeys have died. It’s the risk we have to take. Treating them leniently will not make them able to do anything.

‘Sometimes I feel pity for the monkeys, but life is hard in Jakarta.’ Animal rights activists said the practice was cruel and against the law.

Pramudya Harzani, of Jakarta Animal Aid Network, said: ‘In the first two weeks of training, the monkeys suffer incredibly.

‘They are hung and forced to do things humans do. Many monkeys don’t make it and die.’

Our telephone at the JAAN office kept receiving calls of compassionate people concerned about the brutality inflicted towards monkeys on the roads in Jakarta, the ‘dancing monkeys (topeng monyet). Emails and pictures were send almost daily to us, about this cruelty and JAAN was trying hard to enable a rescue operation for these monkeys. After two years of campaigns, JAAN had started to rescue and rehabilitate dancing monkeys. There are many still on the the streets and we have a lot of work ahead of us, but we already have tens of monkeys rescued with the assistance of the local authorities and these monkeys (long tailed macaques) are now in our care. After the rescue, the real work begins. Finally the monkey can literally ‘take off his clothes’ and start a new life.

The macaques need to undergo a quarantine period during which they are checked for various diseases, including those that  can spread to humans (zoonosis, like tuberculosis and hepatitis). Monkeys have been tested positive showing again the danger of allowing these monkeys on the streets as potential health threat as well. These monkeys obvious have been infected by the disease by people, maybe by their ex-owners and while still out on the streets were be able to spread the disease to other humans.

And all the monkeys have had their teeth cut by the owners to prevent them from biting leaving most monkeys with horrific painful tooth infections for which they need long term and expensive treatments and surgery. Once proven healthy, the monkey can be socialized with other monkeys in the specially built and designed socialization cage. Here, its time for friends making and playing, grooming, and even swimming!

On these pictures you see rescued monkey Iwan before rescue, still out on the street and after rescue, enjoying a new life.

Please dont forget about us, just because you dont see us on the street.

Please help monkeys like Iwan and support JAAN. Your support makes the difference. Thank you.

Jakarta has a BIG problem in wildlife trafficking. Slow lorises are nocturnal primates that are sold in the biggest amounts and throughout the city. This, despite them being protected under UU number 5 1990 and CITES I, providing them the highest status of possible protection. But slow lorises are protected in theory only. The trade in slow lorises is not just threatening them towards extinction, this trade is extremely cruel. The teeth of the slow lorises are cut by the traders and their gums develop horrific infections, often killing them within just a few weeks time. people do keep buying lorises because they are extremely cute to see.

But they make the worst pets, in fact they never can become a pet. They simply cant adapt to human surroundings, noise, light and the fact that their teeth have been cut results in early death.

JAAN’s team have rescued seven slow lorises that were offered on the side of the street in South Jakarta; the traders realized this is illegal and handed over the lorises to JAAN. Now these seven lorises are in need of intensive treatments and hopefully rehabilitation and release will be an option for them. The rescue center run by International Animal Rescue has also reached its limits due to the big amounts of lorises in need of help. JAAN therefore will care for the lorises.

More information:

http://www.nocturama.org/?tag=jungle-gremlins-of-java

http://www.loris-conservation.org/

http://www.wastedtv.nl/wendy/

http://www.planetmole.org/indonesian-news/loris-monkeys-near-extinction-java-indonesia.html

Zoe is a very sweet and young Pitbull female. She was rescued on May 3 from the street; someone spotted her sleeping in a corner, wounded, skinny and frightened. Zoe is in pitiful condition. She shows marks of bite wounds and we suspect she has been used for fighting. She has a very extreme skin condition for which she is being treated now by our medical team. The costs for medicines are high. Now Zoe is kept at a foster home with many other dogs, since she is in need of full attention, we wish to find her a loving new home or at least a temporary foster until we found that perfect home for her. Please share Zoe’s story to enable us to find her a home and if you wish to donate towards medical costs, that is very much appreciated !

We are trying hard to get them off the streets.  Now JAAN is caring for 26 monkeys.  Each one eats 250 thou of fruit and vegetables per month !!  Please help us feed them- your donations are much appreciated

Jakarta, (22/04/12) Dalam menumbuhkan kesadaran dan pengetahuan masyarakat serta peran serta generasi muda dalam pelestarian satwa maka LAPS ( LIGA ANTI PERDAGANGAN SATWA)  yang didukung oleh berbagai NGO yang focus kepada perlindungan satwa yaitu : WCS-IP (Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesia Program,Yayasan IAR Indonesia (International Animal Rescue), Forum Harimau Kita , JAAN (Jakarta Animal Aid Network), COP (Centre For Orangutan Protection), Suaka Elang, RAIN (Raptor Indonesia), ProFauna Indonesia, LASA (Lembaga Advokasi Satwa Liar) di Jakarta akan melakukan kegiatan Aksi simpatik di Monas dan Bundaran HI untuk mengkampanyekan perdagangan satwa dilindungi dengan tema “PASAR BURUNG DI INDONESIA BEBAS DARI PERDAGANGAN SATWA DILINDUNGI”.

“Aksi ini akan didukung oleh berbagai komunitas antara lain Komunitas Sepeda, Komunitas Slanker, Komunitas Dongeng, AFJ (Animal Friend Yogya), Komuntas Mahasiswa Lintas Alam Garuda (UIN), IMAKAHI (Ikatan Mahasiswa Kedokteran Hewan Indonesia), Komunitas Pecinta Alam dan Mahasiswa, KSP Tarsius Universitas Islam Negeri, KSP Macaca Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Himabio Rafflesia Universitas Islam As-Syafii’ah, Saka Dirgantara “ terang Agus Hadi yang mengkoordinir para komunitas.

Menurut Iben, Juru Kampanye aksi dari JAAN dan Daniek dari COP, “LAPS Pertama akan di Lauching pada saat memperingati Hari Bumi tanggal 22 April 2012 di sekitar Monas dan dilanjutkan dengan long march ke menuju Bunderan HI. Dengan harapan agar masyarakat luas peduli dan dapat melakukan suatu pesan terhadap Pemerintah Indonesia untuk lebih konsentrasi dan serius dalam menangani perdagangan satwa liar khususnya yang dilindungi yang semakin menjamur di Pasar – pasar burung dan di berbagai lokasi di Indonesia,” tegasnya.

Menurut Juru bicara Kampanye LAPS, Irma Hermawati dari LASA, “Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi tentang kondisi Pasar Burung saat ini sehingga diharapkan masyarakat mempunyai pengetahuan dan kepedulian untuk tidak membeli atau memelihara satwa liar dilindungi dari pasar burung. Pesan ini perlu disampaikan karena dapat menciptakan kesan personal terhadap alam sejak dini yang akan mempengaruhi sikap mereka untuk waktu yang akan dating terhadap alam itu sendiri serta menumbuhkan sensivitas masyarakat terhadap perubahan lingkungan yang terjadi di sekitar mereka.”“Kami berharap kegiatan ini bisa direspon oleh masyarakat secara positif karena bisa memberikan pengetahuan dan pengalaman baru serta kepedulian terhadap pelestarian satwa yang terancam punah khususnya serta alam dan lingkungan Indonesia,” tambahnya.

“Pelaksanaan kegiatan Aksi Simpatik Anti Perdagangan Satwa Liar, akan menjadi sarana perluasan informasi tentang konservasi. Sebagai salah satu media kampanye dan informasi, LAPS merupakan wadah untuk mensosialisasikan kegiatan penyelamatan Satwa Liar sebagai upaya kelestarian satwa tersebut yang telah dilakukan oleh anggota dari LAPS” terang Anindita yang menangani edukasi di kampanye ini.

Di kesempatan yang sama, Winardari IAR juga menegaskan,” Kampanye pelestarian spesies satwa langka yang dilaksanakan di kota besar mungkin merupakan pengalaman baru bagi masyarakat khususnya masyarakat dan siswa sekolah sehingga diperlukan upaya yang sifatnya mendidik dan menghibur mereka tentang pengetahuan baru tersebut. LIGA ANTI PERDAGANGAN SATWA (LAPS) akan melakukan program kampanye selama satu tahun dengan berbagai kegiatan-kegiatan yang melibatkan masyarakat, mahasiswa dan pelajar, komunitas-komunitas yang di dalamnya bersifat informatif, inovatif dan kreatif.”

here another link:

www.tribunnews.com
http://raptorindonesia.org/hari-bumi-liga-anti-perdagangan-satwa-diluncurkan/

www.republika.co.id
WILD ANIMAL ANTI TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN | Wildlife Crimes Unit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hendry_mono/7104743123/

Louie- male mixed breed puppy- 6 months old- vaccinated- not yet sterilized

Please contact info@jakartaaniamlaid.com for more information !

Dexter the handicapped Chihuahua.     Dexter was found on the street in an area in Tangerang. The nice girl who found Dexter  reported to us that he had been there for awhile and that he was probably hit by a car or a motorbike. Then Dexter was taken off the streets and brought to JAAN. After a thorough examination at Animal Clinic Jakarta, the vets concluded that Dexter has no knee caps and that he was born handicapped. His overall condition is poor and it is very clear that this dog has been neglected for a very long time. Malnourished , dehydrated, full of worms, bad skin and bad sores on his legs we can all fix, but unfortunately nothing can be done for his disabled back legs.   Since dexter is very mobile and  based on our experience handicapped dogs can live a happy and good quality life too, JAAN will do we can to fix this little guy up and give him all the medical care that he needs  Fortunately we also have a little wheelchair for him that he can use once his condition has improved.    Dexter is being fostered right now at a JAAN member’s home, but will need a permanent home as soon as he is better.  Dexter has suffered a lot already and we really want to find him a loving and forever home because he sure deserves that!     If you want to adopt this sweet boy please e-mail us at : info@jakartaanimalaid.com