Javanese Lutung Released: East Java

By Barrie | October 8th, 2007 | No Comments

Last month was the release of six Javanese lutung (black or gray long-tailed monkey) or Trachipitecus auratus to their natural habitat. The conservation NGO ProFauna Indonesia released the primates to the Hyang conservation located on the foothills of Mountain Argopuro, which is near the border of Probolinggo and Jember in East Java. The six primates were confiscated by the Forestry Ministry’s conservation center from various illegal owners and sellers in several areas, such as Denpasar in Bali, Probolinggo in East Java and Yogyakarta.

The long-tailed monkeys went through rehabilitation before their release. Local and foreign activists from ProFauna wrote down their health progress and created temporary housing in treetops for adaptation.

– Indra Harsaputra