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Welcome to Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue & Education Centre

PostDateIcon Thursday, 02 September 2010 23:21 | PostAuthorIcon Author: Simon Garth Purser

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As recently featured in TIME magazine

This project is mainly supported by volunteers, also with much appreciated support from Orangutan Outreach in the USA (http://redapes.org) and Primates Helping Primates in Europe (http://www.primateshelpingprimates.nl).

Tasikoki is a unit of the Masarang Foundation, led by Dr. Willie Smits, which strives to protect the forests of North Sulawesi for the benefit of the people, the flora and the fauna.  Masarang has developed many initiatives to educate the local people and provide sustainable alternatives as well as environmental solutions locally that can have a global impact. Dr. Smits built Tasikoki at the beginning of the last decade, along with several other rescue centres across Indonesia, to provide part of the solution to help stop the illegal wildlife trade.

North Sulawesi is a hotspot for the smuggling of wildlife out of Indonesia onto the global market via the Philippines.  Animals from all over the vast Indonesian archipelago have suffered this trade route.  Tasikoki is therefore in a strategic location to help the authorities tackle this crime and take care of the wildlife confiscated from this trade.

The rescue centre employs a team of dedicated local staff, who care for the animals as they undergo quarantine, followed by physical and mental rehabilitation in their preparation for release or sanctuary care.  Alongside the rescue and wildlife rehabilitation, Tasikoki is developing education programmes locally and regionally to spread awareness of the threats being faced by Indonesia’s precious biodiversity.

This work is currently led by an international team and supported by hard-working volunteers from all over the world.

Please support us by volunteering, staying at the Ecolodge, or donate to us via the online cause:

http://causes.com/tasikoki

You can also join our fan page on Facebook.

 

Tasikoki Team

+62(0)81338543273 / +62(0)81340072036

 

Progress in Motion. Crocodiles & Kites.

PostDateIcon Tuesday, 17 August 2010 04:04 | PostAuthorIcon Author: Simon Garth Purser

Over the last two weeks here at Tasikoki there has been lots of good things happening for the animals. The two main projects being: a better enclosure for the crocodiles & the release of the brahminy kites

Crocodiles
Two of the Tasikoki crocodiles have been living in small, concrete pens for a few year now. The group Enrich, a team of Australian volunteers, helped us initiated the refortification of the pre-existing crocodile enclosure, which was severely overrun and dilapidated. On Sunday of this week the enclosure was completed on account of the hard work and collaboration between Enrich groups, Tasikoki volunteers & staff. The enclosure was finished at 12:00 noon and by 3:00pm Bu, the crocodile was the first to be let out into this new enclosure. She now has a little under 1 square hectare of mangrove swamp to move about freely. Tasikoki staff has decided to give her a week to acclimatize to her new environment before the introduction of Aya, the second crocodile awaiting movement.

Brahminy Kites
Tasikoki has two brahminy kites whose release has been in the works for a few months. Their rehabilitation cage was constructed in the fall and this week there has been the final arrangements made to move the kites to there rehabilitation aviary. We have had a raptor expert on site this week from Java, Gunawan from of Suaka Elang http://suakaelang.org Gunawan has been helping us decided upon methods and procedures for this process. The kites have shown the ability to hunt live fish from a large bucket within their current enclosure. Which shows promise regarding their eventual release. As soon as we get a response regarding where we can test the bloods for birds in Sulawesi, we will finish the health screens on these two individuals and move them down the beach (rehabilitation aviary).



How can help further these projects or upcoming projects regarding birds & reptiles?

  • Fund the Health screens for the kites. $100 USD / bird
  • Donate money for health screening the rest of our 151 birds. Each bird health screen cost $100 USD
  • Volunteer and help us upgrade existing enclosures and increase animal welfare standard on site. Volunteer Fee: 2 weeks / $770 USD . 1 month/ $995 USD
  • Volunteer to do research & observation on the kites once they are in the rehabilitation aviary or post release monitoring. Inquire for dates & fees associated.
  • Donate money for the construction of a terrapin enclosure in the mangrove swamp. Inquire for costs.
  • Donate money for the construction of large, speciated bird aviaries.
  • Inquire for costs.
  • Help us fundraise through this cause or other means at home
  • Adopt an animal.


For all volunteer enquiries please contact us at: 
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To donate, visit our cause page at:

http://causes.com/tasikoki

 

Volunteer Testimonials

Jenni, 21, from Scotland
22/02/2010 | Simon Garth Purser

Volunteered January 2010, Wildlife Care
 Although I randomly stumbled upon Tasikoki and did not quite know what to expect, I could not have enjoyed my stay here more.  I have come to love many of the animals and care deeply about their well-being, along with spending many an enjoyable evening with the other volunteers and, of course, Simon.  Among the highlights of my ti [ ... ]


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Grace, 18, from USA
22/02/2010 | Simon Garth Purser

Volunteered October-November 2009, Wildlife Care
 I think my time here at Tasikoki has helped me overcome my phobia of birds, but we will see. I have loved my time here and grown to love some of these animals more than I can say – especially Bimbin and Bonbon (the two cutest sun bears I have ever seen) and the macaques Hanoman, Demi, Vinnie (although he really seemed to  [ ... ]


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Patricia, 50, from France
22/02/2010 | Simon Garth Purser

Volunteered September-October 2009, Bird Rescue
 This time at the Tasikoki centre has been of very beneficial for me : knowledge on new species, pleasure of manufacturing things with little means, contact with volunteers and staff from other countries and cultures, and, above all, pleasure of seeing the animals happier thanks to our work. It is a huge satisfaction. I think [ ... ]


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