Fwd: Jakarta Animal Aid News

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>>> Dear Folks

>>>

>>> The Big news from JAAN is that our website is up and running!

>>> Please visit

>>> us at www.jakartaanimalaid.com We are most grateful to Pramudya

>>> Harzani,

>>> our webmaster, who has volunteered his time and expertise to build

>>> the site

>>> for Jaan.

>>>

>>> The site is a work in progress and we hope to have a PayPal option

>>> soon for

>>> anyone interested in making a monetary donation.

>>>

>>> Jaan recently took a group of 16 interested people out to Kotok

>>> Island in

>>> the Thousand Islands on a day-trip to visit our Raptor

>>> Rehabilitation and

>>> Release program, to see the coral reef restoration project and

>>> learn about

>>> the local environmental efforts. We received a lot of valuable

>>> feedback

>>> from the group and everyone had ideas on how to best aid and

>>> promote the

>>> raptor project. Please note that we can take any interested

>>> groups out to

>>> our island projects...just check the website for details!

>>>

>>> Last week Jaan rescued a female peacock which was being kept in a

>>> small,

>>> dirty cage with little food or water and which was subjected to

>>> angry dogs

>>> barking at it all day and night. The peacock was stressed but

>>> otherwise

>>> healthy and, after being temporarily fostered at a private

>>> residence, was

>>> sent to a permanent home with other peacocks in Jakarta. After a

>>> 14 day

>>> quarantine period, she will be able to roam freely around the Bird

>>> Park at

>>> Taman Mini.

>>>

>>> Team members of Jaan have removed 2 dogs and a macaque from the

>>> DKI holding

>>> center. The macaque has been sent to a sanctuary near Bogor. One

>>> of the

>>> dogs had half its nose cut off by its irate owner when it would

>>> not stop

>>> barking. That dog will be re-homed at a private shelter. The

>>> other dog is

>>> a female Chow Chow who was abandoned by her owner after out-living

>>> her

>>> usefulness as a breeder. The poor dog was suffering from a severe

>>> ear

>>> infection and is blind in one eye. After spending some time at

>>> the vet's,

>>> the Chow Chow is now ready for a new, loving adoptive family...Can

>>> you help?

>>>

>>> If you have any questions or would like to assist in any way-

>>> Please contact

>>> us at the Jaan office at 780-2556 or via email at info

>>>

>>> Best regards,

>>> Natalie Stewart

>>> Femke den Haas

>>> Karin Franken

>>>

>>> And the rest of the Jaan team

>>>

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