COVID PANDAMIC Due to the global CoVID pandemic the main income source of the rescue center has stopped and funders of CCBC can at the moment not transfer or guarantee financial support as they have done in other years as these are predominantly zoos which are reliant upon visitors. This is putting pressure on the […]
Continue readingIn January 2021 Cikananga Team was called to assist with the confiscation of 184 birds of different parrot species in West-Java. Three keepers travelled to the location and spend the whole day making sure that the confiscated birds were safely transferred into translocation cages. At Cikananga the remaining team spent the whole day preparing cages […]
Continue readingThat’s a wrap! The Big Month 2020 just ended on January 31st! The Big Month is a massive citizen science project for the whole month of January 2020, aimed to fill the existing gaps in bird data of Java and Bali to understand the large – changes in distribution and possible bird declines in the […]
Continue readingRecently, we have one program that keep us busy in Sunday afternoon. One of our keeper had an idea, and thus after collaborating with our staff and volunteer, we have successfully organize an english class for the locals near the area of Cikananga Wildlife Center ! This idea is not something that only recently thought. […]
Continue readingCikananga Wildlife Center currently has two working vet who are responsible of the medical condition of all our animals. Caring for 500+ animals is certainly no easy job but they manage to handle it fine with the help of all animal keepers, staffs, and volunteers. So what is their daily work like ? Get up […]
Continue readingKami adalah partner resmi UNESCO Global Geopark Ciletuh ! Bersama dengan PAPSI (Paguyuban Alam Pakidulan Sukabumi), kami akan membantu pelestarian alam, lingkungan, dan biodiversitas di Ciletuh. Berlokasi di Pulau Jawa bagian barat, tepatnya di Kabupaten Sukabumi, Geopark Ciletuh merupakan taman bumi yang diakui oleh UNESCO yang terletak di zona tektonik antara lempeng Eurasia dan Indo-Australia. […]
Continue readingA huge and sincere thank you from all of us here at Cikananga goes to Rudy Nazar and Monique de Nie, our friends from Haarlem, the Netherlands ! This donation will help us a lot and this kind of help is really important for us to provide care for 300+ animals that are currently under […]
Continue readingIn October 2018, Cikananga Wildlife Center said goodbye to the two beautiful young female orangutans, Femi and Rosie. At the time they were ready for the next step towards freedom in their natural habitat in Sumatera. Rosie and Femi arrived in 2016 at Cikananga, after been rescued from the traumatic illegal wildlife trade, where Rosie […]
Continue readingKnowledge sharing is key! To do so, a large group meets at the Cikananga Wildlife Center for the Amphibian Management Workshop (RAM) 2019, organized together with Indonesia Herpetofauna Foundation, Chester Zoo and the BKSDA (Indonesian Forestry Department).
Continue readingIn the night of 20 December our security walked in on criminals breaking into cages. The criminals did not succeed thanks to our security. However we are forced to strengthen our security system further to make sure we can protect the animals at Cikananga. Still we look for the 2 Palm Cockatoo’s that were stolen last week from Cikananga. Please find more information here.
