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Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia (KPI) akhirnya mengeluarkan surat himbauan ke semua stasiun TV agar tidak menayangkan program siaran yang mengeksploitasi satwa. Dalam surat KPI nomor 455/K/KPI/07/12 yang ditandatangani oleh Ketua Mochamad Riyanto itu KPI berharap stasiun TV mematuhi peraturan perundangan yang melindungi satwa yaitu UU nomor 5 tahun 1990 tentang Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Hayati dan Ekosistemnya. Dalam peraturan tersebut disebutkan bahwa pemanfaatan satwa dilindungi untuk tujuan komersil adalah dilarang.

Activists of ProFauna Indonesia staged a street demonstration in Sidoarjo City - East Java to increase public awareness not to buy wildlife. More

Dozens of ProFauna Bali's activists protested some restaurants in Indonesia for selling wildlife dishes on their menus. The protest was staged by the activists by smearing fake blood on their heads and upper bodies... More information

ProFauna activists staged a unique demonstration by the entrance gate of the Forestry Department Building in Jakarta protesting the trade of primate meat (4 July 2012). In the street act largely covered by media, the activists put a desk with a woman covered in fake blood on top of it.

(07/04/2012) The illegal primate trade in Indonesia remains high in two big cities in the country: Jakarta and Palembang (South Sumatera). The investigation report of ProFauna Indonesia and the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) shows that dozens of primates are killed for the meat and brain as delicacies every month in both cities.

The illegal primate trade in Palembang - South Sumatera gets worse where dozens of primates including the protected species like the slow loris (Nycticebus sp) and the siamang (Hylobates syndactilus) are sold every month. More information