Natalie – Page 8 – JAKARTA ANIMAL AID NETWORK

INDONESIA’S ‘SWIMMING POOL’ DOLPHINS

In these BBC episodes, they exposes the immense cruelty inflicted on dolphins in Indonesia!

To watch the full episode, click the link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0539bnj

Travelling dolphin shows/circuses only continue to exist in Indonesia & programs that allow you to swim with dolphins are responsible for the ongoing suffering of these magnificent, clever & social marine mammals. This is a form of very irresponsible tourism, allowing protected animals to be exploited!

Our calls to the Indonesian Government to end this cruelty remain unanswered! You can help by sharing the link to the video on your social media, tag our dear President, Mr Joko Widodo & also the Minister of Forestry, Ms Siti Nurbaya.

For more information, visit our website www.FreeBaliDolphins.org!

ADOPT A SEA TURTLE NEST

Interested in helping and getting involved?
You can either financially adopt a sea turtle nest or by volunteering on the island itself! Read below for more details.

ADOPTING A SEA TURTLE NEST
You can help our program directly by 'adopting' your very own sea turtle nest for just IDR 100,000! Your name will be placed on the nest and you will receive a photo plus footage when the hatchlings actually hatch and scuttle off to the ocean.

VOLUNTEERING ON THE ISLAND
We now have open spaces for volunteers to help out on the island and see first hand what it is we are all doing to help the marine life. Volunteers are required to pay their own costs but will have a unique experience on one of Indonesia's most beautiful beaches as well as be DIRECTLY involved in making a difference!

If you are interested in any of these options and want to get involved, please email jakartaanimalaid@gmail.com.

To read more about our ‘Sea Turtle Protection Program’ just click here.

PULO FIRMAN THE TOPENG MONYET

The story of Pulo Firman is yet another sad story of a dancing monkey used to make money. Pulo Firman is an adult male, around 5 years old. He travelled all the way from Carbon to Lombok with him ‘handlers’ who then took him to the Gili Trawangan Islands.

Although we are now concentrating on both Jakarta and Bandung area’s to rescue dancing monkeys. Firman was lucky as his handlers were caught by the Police over there and then handed to JAAN. This all happened due to good team work and co ordination with our friends from the Gili Eco Trust along with Police Officer Ketut Artana. We gave Ketut a Certificate Of Appreciation for the fast action to confiscate Firman and highly encourage any other officials to help us rescue these poor monkeys too.

In the photos below you can see Pulo Firman’s ‘costume’ and chain removed. The chain was extremely tight and heavy around his small neck. He is now adapting very well to his quarantine enclosure and new surroundings, leaving his dancing monkey past behind. More updates on his progress with follow so be sure to follow all our social media accounts, here.

You can also help either Pulo Firman or others just like him greatly, by joining our ‘Sponsor A Monkey’ program. To read more information, click here.

#FREEBALIDOLPHINS TOUR BALI

On April 30th 2017, we held the first #FreeBaliDolphins event at the Genius Cafe in Sanur. The second was held on May 5th 2017 at Paradiso in Ubud. Both events went very well & we met some amazing people!

We had special guest speakers such as Riyanni Djangkaru, the founder of www.savesharksindonesia.org & TV presenter. As well as live performances by Reggae star King Mas Mus x DLYTRB. We had talks & discussions with Indonesian rocker, Melanie Subono & JAAN co founder Femke den Haas. We had a photo exposition and streets artists came together to do a live graffiti piece on a big canvas!

There were many activities for kids, including an educational puppet show, both in English & Bahasa. Everyone had a blast & we are so happy for everyone turning up to help raise awareness for our #FreeBaliDolphins campaign.

Of course, a BIG thank you to Dolphin Project for all the support for everything! 💙

All photos of the event are below!