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Figure 1.
Locations of all cities where market surveys were conducted during the period 1994-2003 and that were
included in the assessment of trade in gibbons and orang-utans.
Wildlife rescue centres
Data were solicited from five wildlife rescue centres (Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa) on Java, i.e., Tegal Alur in
Cengkareng near Jakarta, Cikanagan, near Sukabumi, and Gadog, near Bogor, all in West Java; Yogyakarta, Central Java;
and Petungsewu, near Malang, East Java. These wildlife rescue centres have been established over the past three years,
with Tegal Alur and Cikanagan the first to be operational. They all work in close collaboration with the
regional offices for the conservation of natural resources ((Sub)Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam, BKSDA). The
wildlife rescue centres in Cengkareng and Gadog are small and function as transit points with the majority of primates
being quickly transferred to either one of the other wildlife rescue centres or directly to one of several re-introduction
programmes in either Sumatra or Kalimantan.
At present, gibbons and orang-utans that are confiscated by the BKSDA in Bali are sent either to the Bali Zoo Park or
one of the wildlife rescue centres in Java. Formerly, the gibbons were sent to the Yayasan Gibbon Indonesia in Badung 2 ,
Bali.
Apart from the (newly established) Gadog wildlife rescue centre, all wildlife rescue centres were visited at least once
and data from gibbons and orang-utans that have passed through these centres since they were in operation were
requested between 15 September-20 October 2003.
2 Note that Yayasan Gibbon Indonesia, at the time of the assessment, was more or less dysfunctional and secondly, it has no connection to the Gibbon Foundation, a
Liechtensein-based NGO that provides most of the fundingfor the above-mentioned wildlife rescue centers.
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