Seven working days after Scorpion Foundation sent report and photographs of protected species sale in Ajibarang wildlife market, Banyumas, Central Java province, until today (27th of Aril 2016) the market has not been raided by the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSADA) Central Java, a source told Scorpion Foundation today.
Posted on 22:56 April 27th, 2016 Read more...
A staff of Gembira Loka Zoo in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sag (37 years) was arrested for corrupting money which was supposed to buy goat meat to feed 5 tigers at the zoo but instead he spent the money to pay down payment and instalment of a car which he bought by credit. The money he manipulated is IDR90,000,000 (USD7,000).
Posted on 15:58 April 27th, 2016 Read more...
An international animal welfare organisation has launched a campaign calling on travel website TripAdvisor to stop promoting and selling tickets to wildlife tourist attractions that it says are cruel to animals. Comments of Scorpion Foundation Senior Investigator, Marison Guciano is also included inside this report.
Posted on 16:37 April 26th, 2016 Read more...
The selfie culture has become a worldwide phenomenon over the last decade, fueled by a narcissistic need for people to share every second of their life on social media. Coupled with a sense of self-entitlement and a complete lack of awareness, this has led to increasingly irresponsible travel behavior in the form of animal selfies, which contribute to wildlife exploitation and animal abuse on a global scale.
Posted on 16:25 April 26th, 2016 Read more...
Scorpion Foundation today sends another report to the head of the Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Jakarta reporting illegal wildlife traffic in Pramuka wildlife market. The the wildlife entered Jakarta without transport permit from BKSDA office where the wildlife came from.
Posted on 14:48 April 26th, 2016 Read more...
Scorpion Foundation insists Director of Biodiversity Conservation at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) to rescue 4 orangutans from Kasang Kulim zoo near Pekanbaru, Riau Province in Sumatra.
Posted on 15:46 April 25th, 2016 Read more...