Naturewatch Foundation funds Indonesia animal ambulance
The ambulance will enable the charity to transport animals between their rescue centres.
Naturewatch Foundation has announced that their recently increased World Animal Day grant will be awarded to Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN) in Indonesia this year.
JAAN is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation, which was established to help protect Indonesian wildlife and improve the welfare of domestic animals in Jakarta.
The charity works with animals including pangolins, sun bears and orangutans, as well as dogs and cats.
The grant will allow JAAN to purchase a mobile veterinary clinic to support them with rescuing stray and wild animals across Indonesia.
The animal ambulance will enable them to treat animals in Bali, Java and Sumatra, where they will sterilise groups of stray animals in remote areas and treat and move animals rescued in cruelty cases
They will also be able to transport animals between their rescue centres on different islands and release the rehabilitated animals back to their natural habitats.
Femke Den Haas, co-founder and field coordinator at JAAN, said: “This grant allows us at JAAN to treat animals in areas very isolated and far, who else would have been left to suffer.
“It allows us to bring rescued animals to safety and treat rescued animals quickly, increasing their survival chances. We are really grateful to be the winners of the World Animal Day grant.”
Two other applicants are to receive smaller awards from the enhanced grant.
The grant will allow the Cape Animal Welfare Forum in South Africa to run a compassion fatigue workshop for animal welfare workers from their 58 member organisations.
It will also enable Swaziland Animal Welfare Society to distribute 10,000 educational leaflets about how to care for animals to rural communities with little awareness of the issue.
Sarah Carr, the CEO of Naturewatch Foundation and coordinator of World Animal Day, said: “The past few years have been difficult for everyone, including charities and those on the front line of animal welfare. So, as the coordinators of World Animal Day, Naturewatch Foundation was excited to double the annual grant to £10,000 this year!
“Our supporters care about all animals – they will be delighted that their contributions will aid rescue and rehabilitation efforts over 7,000 miles away. It's lovely to think that, from here in Gloucestershire, our work is helping animals such as long-tail macaques, orangutans, bears and turtles, as well as dogs and cats!”
Naturewatch Foundation’s World Animal Day will take place on 4 October 2023. For more information, visit their website.
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