That is what it costs to feed: 500 rescued animals at Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue Centre, including the majestic Bento, as well as 37 orangutans at the Sintang Orangutan Centre.
HKD 66,000 a month
Euro 7,200 a month
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Food for Animals at Tasikoki
At the moment, there are more than 500 animals at Tasikoki and every day the team need to buy fresh food for them. The number of animals is more than in many zoos around the world. The daily cost of providing for the present population at Tasikoki is 2.7 Million Rupiah per day which comes down to 82 Million Rupiah per month which is approx. HKD 44,000 or Euro 4,830 per month.
Animals like these:
Sun bears rescued whilst being smuggled from Kalimantan and Black-Crested Macaques rescued or otherwise eaten as bushmeat.
Cassowaries from Papua kept as pets and the Timur Deer, the origin is not certain but possibly introduced in the past for hunting purposes.
Eclectus Parrots and many other parrot species that were destined for pet markets in Jakarta and on the right gibbons from Sumatra and Kalimantan. All of these rescued animals show how important it is to have an animal rescue centre like Tasikoki to rescue animals from this major wildlife smuggling route!
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Food for Orangutans at Sintang Orangutan Centre in West Kalimantan
Orangutans are large beings and the 37 orangutans presently in the care of the Sintang Orangutan Centre (which includes the Tembak forest school facility) get a varied diet, including lots of locally bought fresh fruit. They also get fresh leaves each day. The cost of feeding the orangutans local fruits for one month is 40 Million Rupiah which is equivalent to approx. HKD 21,500 or Euro 2,356 per month.
Do you think you could help to provide some of the cost of food for these young orphans below and many others like them? Please donate if you can. (How to Donate)
The latest baby, Lovely Liesje, is on the left and the fellow enjoying the king of fruits, the durian, is Jacques
On the left a picture of baby Tom when he was being rescued; ill, clinging to the halved container that ironically once contained the palm oil that was the reason his mother lost her forest and became a victim of poachers that ate her and sold baby Tom. SOC did not buy Tom, but rescued him from those that were keeping him, illegally, as a pet. At that time, Tom only had this blue blanket as his constant comfort. Now at the Sintang Orangutan Centre, Tom is doing much better as you can see in the picture on the right!
Please help.
Masarang HK Committee
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