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December 2007
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Press Release
SECONDS TO
UNFCCC, THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION CENTER
(BKSDA) OF DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY CONFISCATING
MANY WILD ANIMALS IN BALI
Ivory priced
150 million rupiah
Seconds to the international event of 13th
Conference of The Parties (COP) of United Nations
Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in
Bali next 3 – 14 December 2007, the Natural
Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) of Bali
confiscating wild animals kept at private residences
or traded illegally in Bali. This confiscation that
started on 28 November 2007 has been successful
rescuing many protected animals and its parts.
 This
confiscation is supported by ProFauna Indonesia,
Born Free Foundation and Humane Society
International and has been successful rescuing 3
sulphur crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), 1
yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), 1 palm
cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), 1 Salmon-crested
cockatoo (Cacatua molucensis), sea eagle (Halliaetus
leucogaster), dan 6 Olive Ridley turtle
(Lephidocelys olivacea). Besides those, BKSDA
officers had also confiscating 1 elephant ivory
priced Rp. 150 millions, 400 sea turtles eggs, 3
crocodile’s skulls, and 10 cassowary’s eggs. The
officers had also confiscated many protected sea
biotic.
Those protected animals and its parts were taken
from many hotels, villas, art shops, as well as
private residences. BKSDA and ProFauna team also
visited Satria Bird Market, Denpasar, but found no
protected animals there. Most of the confiscated
wild animals are now kept temporarily in the Animal
Rescue Center (PPS), Bali.
 
confiscation
has been successful rescuing many protected animals
and its parts.
Formerly on 1999 the beautiful island of Bali was
known as the center of green turtle trade.
ProFauna’s in depth investigation reported around
27,000 sea turtles were slaughtered each year.
Nowadays, sea turtle trade in Bali is decreasing a
lot, but does not mean had stopped totally. This
fact is proven by the confiscation of 11 green
turtle in 30 October 2007 by the Indonesian Marine
Army (TNI AL). Those sea turtles were imported from
Banyuwangi – East Java.
Though sea turtles trade in Bali has been decreased,
there are still some hotels that keeping sea turtles
illegally. In this operation, BKSDA officers were
successful in rescuing 6 hatchlings and 5 boxes of
sea turtles’ eggs from a hotel in Tanjung – Benoa,
Bali. Tanjung Benoa is known as the center of sea
turtles trade in Bali.
ProFauna is supporting and is happy for this
confiscating operation. I Wayan Wiradnyana, ProFauna
Bali coordinator said “as the host of UNFCCC, Bali
needs to show that this island which is rich of
natural and cultural beauties is free from wild
animals’ trade and its illegal possession”.
For further information please contact:
I Wayan Wiradnyana
(Coordinator of ProFauna Bali)
Email: wayan@profauna.org
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