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Animal Rescue Center Closed Due to Lack of Funds
Financial difficulties forced the Pentungsewu Animal Rescue Center (PARC) in Malang, Indonesia, to shut its doors on September 3 and send its rare and endangered animals — including orangutans, siamang, Bornean gibbons, parrot species and Javan ebony langurs — to zoological recreation parks.
PARC was the last center of its kind surviving on funding by donor foundations and the governments.
PARC project manager Iwan Kurniawan said the difficult decision was made because the Gibbon Foundation, a charity organization, had stopped funding the center’s rare species and the central government had cut off funding for its operational activities.
“The rare and endangered species have been handed over to Indonesia Safari Park II in Prigen, Pasuruan, Jatim Recreational Park and Malang Municipal Recreational Park,” Iwan said.
Four other animal rescue centers funded by the Gibbon Foundation and the government have closed down over the past few years.
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