AR-News: (INDONESIA) Conservationists Under Fire

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

The death of an orangutan in the care of conservationists has prompted 
demands that a prominent animal welfare group be shut down and its founder deported. 

It has also led to counter-charges that outlaw traders in endangered species 
have used disinformation to smear foes of their illicit commerce. 

The death late last year of an orangutan named Tole in the East Java city of 
Malang sparked the controversy that rages until now. The Natural Resources 
Conservation Agency had taken the large captive primate into care with help from 
the non-governmental group Animal Rescue Centre, known locally by its 
Indonesian initials, PPS. 

Animal welfare workers said Tole died for the same reason it was taken away 
from its owner: it had been in dire condition, was overweight and suffering 
from diabetes, hepatitis and breathing problems. 

Critics have countered that the orangutan's death showed that PPS, set up to 
rehabilitate animals before they are released into the wild, was inept and 
should be shut down. 





full story:
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=22173



"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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