Primate Campaign

ProFauna West Java, a community who is concerned about the environment and wildlife, celebrated the Indonesian Primate Day on 30 January 2014 by having a public campaign to express their care for primates.

Beside poaching and trade, the Tarsiers in Sulawesi are also threatened by massive land opening, which are to be converted into large-scale extractive industries, mining, and palm oil plantation

Wildlife protection organization, ProFauna Indonesia, staged a unique action to celebrate Indonesian Primate Day. The action attracted the public's attention because there was a monkey show

Environmental activists and animal lovers from many cities in Indonesia celebrates Indonesian Primate Day altogether at the same day, in their own hometowns. The celebration is initiated and promoted by ProFauna, and is celebrated every year on 30 January

Indonesia primate and habitat conservation requires active participation from the public. It takes people's awareness not to keep primate as pets because this hobby is one of the main triggers of poaching and trade, leading to the primates' extinction

Two long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) have recently become the new residents of ProFauna's Wildlife Rescue Center (PWRC) since February 2013. The interesting story behind the new comers was that the monkeys were lost after being chased by come poachers