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Primate Rescue and Rehabilitation Facilities
with special consideration of facilities which take in lorises and pottos
Comprehensive update necessary; some addresses may no longer be valid.
Information which can help to improve these pages would be appreciated

Slow loris. Photo: F. Wiens

This is no complete list of rescue centers because it focuses on rescue facilities for lorises and pottos. Some general information about rescue stations is included here, see colour code. If you are looking for information about rescue and rehabilitation centers not mentioned here, you may look in other websites such as  the Aesop projects Links to primate sanctuaries & sanctuary organizations of the International Association for Primate Refuges and Sanctuaries (IAPRS) . The quality of captive care by the listed facilities cannot be verified by the compiler. To the index

In this page, the names of rescue centers are partly marked with colour:  Dark green: facility has, in the past, taken in lorises or pottos or is ready to take these species in Black: details insufficiently known Grey: specialized on other species; no facility for lorises or pottos Species rescued and details about facilities are mentioned as far as known.

Potto. Photo: M. Perschke

Attention: transport of protected wild animals is illegal in many countries; in addition, danger of disease transmission or bites of terrified animals should be considered, and attempts of unskilled helpers may cause distress and aggravate health problems of animals. It may be best to inform skilled rescue center personnel instead of trying to catch an animal. And please consider: if you buy an animal illegally offered on a market for saving it, you support trade. For every profit made by selling an animal, several others may be killed to offer a new one.

See also our page about  first aid, rescue and rehabilitation for lorises and pottos.

Facilities in the range countries of the animals		Facilities in other countries, not within natural distribution areas
Asia Burma Cambodia China India Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Taiwan /     Republic of China  Thailand Vietnam	Africa Cameroon Central African Republic Democratic Republic of     the Congo Gabon Equatorial Guinea /       Rio Muni Ghana Kenya Nigeria Republic of the Congo Sierra Leone Uganda	Germany Israel Netherlands South Africa United Kingdom USA

Primate Rescue and Rehabilitation Sites in Asia

Preliminary draft, compiled by Helena Fitch-Snyder (Center for Breeding of Endangered Species, San Diego Zoo), March 2001. Some additional addresses from the website of the International Association for Primate Refuges and Sanctuaries (IAPRS; see below) and information from other sources such as websites of institutions are included.

Telephone and e-mail addresses are only be included with the agreement of institutions / persons concerned.
Any help allowing to improve this list would be appreciated (to e-mail address: helga.schulze@cityweb.de)

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Cambodia

 Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC)

Office: Cambodian Wildlife Rescue
Nº. 109, Street 99,
Phsar Doeum Thkov Precinct,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Rescue center: 40km south of Phnom Penh, on National Road 2, see map at http://www.cambodianwildliferescue.org/Contact_Us.html
Website: http://www.cambodianwildliferescue.org/

Mentioned as an official Wildlife Rescue Centre (Stich, Krüger, 2002)
Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center is situated within a protected forest. The center provides a natural refuge for rescued Cambodian wildlife.
Rescued animals can be brought in at any time and in any state of health. Animals unfit for release are kept in natural surroundings. The center is open to the public (Information from the Center website, shortened)

Angkor Centre for Conservation and Biodiversity (ACCB)

Kbal Spean
(behind the temples of Angkor)
Cambodia
Website: http://www.accb-cambodia.org/english.html

Facility on an area provided by the province government of Siem Reap.
Objectives: rescue center for confiscated and sick wild animals, breeding station for threatened Cambodian species, field research, conservation awareness work (supported by the GTZ = German Technical Cooperation) and a sustainable livelihood project. Development and support by Stiftung Artenschutz (foundation for species protection by German and Austrian zoos), particularly by Allwetterzoo Münster (Germany), ZGAP, main sponsor Goetz. (Krüger et al. 2004 and information from several websites)
Under construction since April 2003, some sections, including veterinarian station, facilities for small mammals, turtles and large birds, meanwhile finished. First animals have been taken in in January 2004. Registered NGO.

Wildlife assistance projects in Cambodia "WAPIC"
Still existing? No information found with Google in 2007

          David Ware, Projects Coordinator
       PO Box 1106
          Phnom Penh
          Cambodia
          Tel: 855-12-883-274
          E-mail: volunteers@pobox.com

Government rescue centre run by the Wildlife Protection Office (belonging to the Department of Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry Of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries). Groups that have helped with the development of the center include Free the Bears, Care for the Wild, WildAid and David Ware

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China

P. R. China

Prof. Weizhi Ji
Director
Kunming Institute of Zoology
The Chinese Academy of Sciences
32 Jiaochang Donglu
Kunming, Yunnan 650223
P.R. CHINA

Hong Kong

Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden

Lam Kam Road, Tai Po
New Territories, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2488 1317 FAX: (852) 2488 3035
Website: http://www.kfbg.org.hk
(Misc. Asian Primates)

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Taiwan / Republic of China

Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals

1 Hseuh Fu Rd., Nei Pu, Pingtung
Taiwan 91207
R.O.C. / Republic of China
Tel:+886-8-7740413
Fax:+886-8-7740388
E-mail: ptrc@mail.npust.edu.tw
Website: http://wildmic.npust.edu.tw/ptrc/index.html

Director Jai-Chyi Kurtis Pei
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Institute of Wildlife Conservation
National Pintung University of Science & Technology
PO Box 37-32 Pingtung 91207
Taiwan
Republic of China

Wildlife rescue center established by the Council of Agriculture in 1993. Housing, rehabilitation, relocation, conservation breeding for confiscated animals and abandoned wildlife pets. Mainly primates originally from Taiwan (Formosan macaques) and other Asian countries (including orangutans, gibbons, other macaques; pygmy lorises); other wild animals such as tigers, sun bears and small carnivores). Cooperation with the Monkey World and Ape Rescue Center in Dorset, UK for conservation of Asian primates.

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India

Indian wildlife rescue / rehabilitation centers must be authorized by the Central Zoo Autority for legally carrying out their activity (Wildlife Protection Act. The following list may need some update
 

Wildlife Rescue and Rehab Center (WRRC)

#102, Landmark Apts.
Moyenville Road
Langford Town
Bangalore-560025
India
Website: http://www.cupabangalore.org/about/wrrc.htm

Contact: Suparna Baksi Ganguly

Primate section: for bonnet macaques and slender lorises, up to 30-50 animals.

The WRRC, a rescue center for wild animals (reptiles, birds and primates) on seven acres of land provided by the forest dept of Karnataka, was established in 2000 - 2001. It is the wildlife wing of the CUPA organisation (Website: http://www.cupabangalore.org). The objective of the center is to cure wild animals rescued from pet-trade, illegal ownership and court and police confiscations, mostly received in a state of shock or stress or injured, and to reintroduce them to the wild. There is no longterm or permament housing facility. Help from other institutions contributing to the development of a center of excellence for rescuing and reintroducing wild animals would be appreciated. (Information via e-mail from Suparna Baksi Ganguly, 2000, 2001)

People for Animals (PFA) - organisation which maintains animal hospitals, ambulances and refuges all over India for domestic animals. The wildlife wing of PFA, Save Our Wildlife (SoWL), runs a 24 hour service for rescue and rehabilitation of urban wildlife.

PfA homepage: http://www.peopleforanimals.org/
See page "Action for animals" by PFA for more information: http://www.peopleforanimals.org/afa.htm
Contact addresses: see http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7811/units.htm
The website of People for Animals Bangalore which also included reports about loris rescue and rehabilitation, at http://www.pfabgl.org/story-loris.htm and http://www.pfabgl.org/lorris.htm, seems no longer available.

Prof. Dr. A. K. Gupta, IFS

Professor and Head Department of Population Management,
Capture and Rehabilitation Wildlife Institute of India
P.O. Box 18
Chandrabani
Dehradun 248006
Uttaranchal
India

Arignar Anna Zoological Park

Vandalur Chennau (Madras), Tamil Nadu, Southern India
(Official rescue center status proposed at site)
(Lion-tailed macaques, Nilgiri langur)

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Indonesia
Indonesian rescue facilities urgently need support because of lack of funding. Right now, the majority of the websites recommended here earlier have vanished, in most facilities proper care for the animals is no longer possible. Some facilities may need to be closed although thousands of animals depend on them for help such as confiscation, housing, medicinal treatment, medicine like pain killers, food and financial support of reintroduction programs. Urgent case: the Kalaweit Gibbon and Siamang Rehabilitation Project with facilities on Indonesian Borneo (for gibbons) and on Marak Island west of Sumatra (for Siamangs), see their website for possibilities to help. For support of rescue facilities in general see for instance  you can donate via International Animal Rescue, IAR or to ProFauna Indonesia. More information how help is possible will be included here when available.
A specialized rescue facility for slow lorises in under construction on Java, see below
 

Jaringan Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Indonesia / The Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network
Indonesian Wild Animal Rescue Centers (Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa, shortened as PPS) supposed to cooperate as a network to assure efficient animal rescue and welfare of protected animals in the rescue centres based on IUCN criteria, release, if possible, and support of authorities in law enforcement for diminishing illegal trade with protected species. Because of lack of funding the work of the network is threatened.
Website: http://www.jpps-indonesia.org/ in the future (so far no contents)

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Sumatra

Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme

PO Box 1472
Medan 20000
North Sumatra
INDONESIA
Website: http://www.sumatranorangutan.org
Scientific Director: Ian Singleton
Map of Sumatra with facilities: via http://www.sumatranorangutan.org/site_mawas/UK/PROJECT/pag/project_intro.htm
(Sumatran orangutan, Pongo abelii)

Programme by PanEco Foundation, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari and the Indonesian government, established since 1998, with a quarantine centre near Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia and a reintroduction programme in Bukit Tigapuluh national park in Jambi province, Sumatra. (Information from the project website, 18 March 2004, and Ian Singleton, pers. comm.)

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Java

Ciapus Primate Centre

Jalan Curug Nanka,
Sukajadi, Ciapus, Bogor, West Java
Tel., fax: 0062 / 251389232

Postal address:
PO Box 125
Bogor 16001
Indonesia
Contact information of January 2012 from http://www.iar-us.org/where_we_work/4/Indonesia.html)
Website: see IAR news about this facility at http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/projects/23/Ciapus+primate+centre.html
Donations for IAR rescue facilities (in general, not specifically for lorises) and volunteer help: see IAR websites: http://www.iar.org.uk/ or http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/

Rescue facility especially for slow lorises and other primate species, located in the rainforest of Ciapus, near Bogor, West Java with a vet station and conservation awareness center. Other parts of the facility are designed for the rehabilitation of confiscated pet macaques. This centre would not exist without the help of the Tjandra family who kindly provided the necessary land, and without the financial support of the International Animal Rescue, IAR, http://www.iar.org.uk.

PPS Tegal Alur
Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Tegal Alur / Tegal Alur Wild Animal Rescue Center (PTSTA)

Tegal Alur, Cengkareng
Jakarta
Indonesia
(near the main airport of Jakarta, Soekarna Hatta)
or:
Jl.Benda Raya No. 1 Kali Deres Jakarta Barat 11820   (Information from Indonesian rescue centre network web page)
Contact person: Pramudya Harzani

Transit rescue center for confiscated animals at Tegal Alur near the airport in Jakarta, built in 2000 by the Gibbon Foundation for temporary housing of wild animals freed from illegal trade. The center of limited size takes in freshly confiscated animals and cooperates with other rescue facilities for subsequent relocation of animals to adequate other places (F. den Haas, pers. comm.). Member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

(PPS Arjasari)
Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Arjasari

Jl. Pamekar Raya No.10
Kompleks Panghegar Permai
Bandung
Indonesia
Website: http://www.jaringanpps.org/jarpps_member_view.php?ppsid=8
Contact person: Hasudungan Pakpahan

Member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network. PPS Arjasari will not be able to start working because of lack of funding

PPS Cikananga
Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Liar Cikananga / Cikananga Wild Animals Rescue Centre (PPSC)

Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Cikananga (PPSC)
Kampung Cikananga Desa Cisitu
Kecamatan Nyalindung Kabupaten Sukabumi
West Java
Indonesia
Websites: http://www.cikananga.org/
Contact person: Andi Prima Setiadi
(Confiscated or rescued wild animals such as orangutans, slow lorises, wild cats, birds, snakes and turtles)

PPS Cikananga is a non-profit organization established in 2001. It supports the Indonesian government, saving and conserving wildlife protected by Indonesian laws. In the rescue center, confiscated wild animals are rehabilitated before re-introduction to their habitats. Habitat protection is another mission. PPS Cikananga allows scientific research for the benefit of animals and develops conservation awareness material such as educational programs for elementary schools. (Information from the center website, 5 November 2003). Member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

PPS Yogyakarta
Pusat Penyelematan Satwa (PPS) Yogyakarta

Jl Tegal Melati No. 64 A
Yogyakarta, Central Java
Indonesia
or:
Dusun Paingan, Desa Sendangsari, Kecamatan Pengasih, Kabupaten Kulonprogo, Daerah Istimewa
Yogyakarta, Central Java  (Information from Indonesian rescue centre network web page)
Websites: http://www.ppsjogja.org/
Contact person: Hartono

Rescue center built in 2002 with financial support by the Gibbon Foundation for wild animals confiscated by the state or voluntarily surrendered by community members. For temporary housing and rehabilitation for reintroduction to the wild. Member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

Pusat Primata Schmutzer / Schmutzer Primate Center in the Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta

Jakarta
Jl. Harsono Rm No.1 Ragunan
Jakarta Selatan 12550
Indonesia
Website: http://www.primata.or.id/

The world´s largest primate center, with rescue center for confiscated animals, conservation awareness work, organisation of conservation workshops and comparable meetings

Pusat Studi Satwa Primata (Primate Research Center) at the Institut Pertanian Bogor

Jalan Lodaya 11/3, Bogor
West Java 16151
Indonesia
Website: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/idp/idp/entry/139
Director: Dondin Sajuthi
(Macaca fascicularis, M. nemestrina, Nycticebus coucang)

Mission: Conservation of Indonesian endemic primate species, optimizing use of unprotected Indonesian primate species in biomedical research; biomedical research with primates. A breeding colony of protected Indonesian primate species for conservation including ex situ breeding facilities for Nycticebus coucang (6 breeders) and Tarsiers (10 breeders) and a facility to breed unprotected Indonesian primate species (M. fascicularis and M. nemestrina) for their use as models in human diseases. (Information from the center website, 10 June 2001)

PPS Gadog, Bogor
= Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Gadog - PPS Gadog

Jl. Raya Gadog Rt.01/01. Ds. Sukakarya, Kec. Megandung
Bogor, Jawa Barat (West Java)
Indonesia
Contact person: Martinus Nicolass Dol (Bruder Martin) / drh. Karyo

 Founded in 2003, member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

PPS Malang, Petung Sewu
Petungsewu Wild Animal Rescue Centre

Yayasan PPS Petungsewu
Desa Petungsewu, Kecamatan Dau, Kabupaten Malang
KP 3030 Malang 65100 (East Java)
Indonesia
Websites: http://www.profauna.or.id/English/animal-rescue.html
Contact person: Iwan Kurniawan
(Particularly primates freed from illegal trade, including Nycticebus coucang, but also of other species such as cockatoos, eagles, carnivores and deer)

The center is run by ProFauna Indonesia for temporary housing of wild animals freed from illegal trade. It is located in the lower land of Kawi Mountain, East Java, 30 minutes by car from the city of Malang. (Information from the center website, 10 January 2003). Member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

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Bali

Dr. Theresia Ida

Bali Gibbon Sanctuary
Jalan Suwung Batn Kendal 6
Sesetan
Denpasar, Bali
INDONESIA

Tamblingan, Bali?  Information lacking
 

PPS Bali
Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Bali

Jalan Teratai No. 49A, Banjar Dukuh, Desa Dauh Peken
Tabanan 82111
Bali
Indonesia
Website: http://www.jaringanpps.org/jarpps_member_view.php?ppsid=10
Contact person: Dr. Wita Wahdya Wadyayandani, Executive Director

Founded in 2003, member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

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Kalimantan
 

Wanariset Orangutan Reintroduction Project

PO Box 319,
Balikpapan,
East Kalimantan
Timur 76103,
INDONESIA
Websites: http://www.orangutannetwork.net/wanariset_info.html  and via
Balikpapan Orangutan Survival foundation (BOS): http://www.savetheorangutan.info

Rescue station and forestry research center related to the international Kalimantan Project of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and Estate Crops (MOFEC) and Tropenbos International, Netherlands. Aim is to contribute to the conservation and wise use of tropical rain forests through applied research.  The Wanariset station is located 38 km north of the city of Balikpapan. It comprises 3,504 hectares of experimental forest, botanical facilities (e.g., herbarium, green house, nursery, laboratory), research library, office and educational centers, and orangutan rehabilitation headquarters.

Nyaru Menteng Center / Orangutan Refuge

Affiliate of Wanariset ORP
28 km away from Palangka Raya, capital of Central Kalimantan
Website: http://www.orangutan.com/projects_nyarumenteng.html

For confiscated orangutans; also takes in lorises

Ketapang, West Kalimantan (near Gunung Palung National Park?) Information missing
 

PPS Toho
Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Toho Pontianak

Yayasan Titian - Jl. Jl. Parit Haji Husin II Komp. Telkom No. F-I Pontianak, Kalimatan Barat (West Kalimantan)
Indonesia
Contact person: Darmawan

Founded in 2002, member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network

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Sulawesi

PPS Tasikoki
= Pusat Penyelamatan Satwa Tasikoki (PPST)

Jl. Raya Girian -Pinokalan, Bitung
PO Box 35 Bitung 9551
North Sulawesi, Indonesia
    or:
Kotak Pos 1369, Manado, 95000 (Desa Watudambo, Kecamatan Kauditan, Jl. Raya Bitung No. 293, Post Code: 95372)
      (Information from Indonesian rescue centre network web page)
Websites: http://www.tasikoki.org/, http://www.jaringanpps.org/jarpps_member_view.php?ppsid=5
Contact person: Berty

Founded in 2003, member of the Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Centre Network. Rescue facility for rare and endangered Indonesian animals, reintroduction, conservation of species and ecosystems, support for law enforcement activities by the Indonesian authorities, conservation awareness work for local communities (Information from the center website, 28 December 2004).

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Malaysia

Sabah, Sarawak (Borneo):

Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Center

WDT 2001
9009 Sandakan
Sabah 90000
MALAYSIA
Website: http://www.jaring.my/sabah/sepilok.htm

Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Program

P.O.Box 3109
Sandakan, Sabah 90734
MALAYSIA
Marc Ancrenaz D.V.M., Scientific Director

Semenggok Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Forestry Department, 1st Floor
Wisma Sumber Alam, Jalan Studium, Petra Jaya, 93660 Kuching
Sarawak, Malaysia.

Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary

Office / Mailing Address:
Mile 8,
Bandar Sibuga Jaya
Jalan Chung Fatt
P.O.Box 819
90709 Sandakan
Sabah, Malaysia.
Website: http://www.proboscis.cc/about/index.htm

Rescue facility particularly for primates affected by destruction of their habitats. Has in the past also taken in lorises (S. Hynd, pers. comm.)

 

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Philippines

DENR-PAWB Wildlife Rescue Center

Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife Nature Center
Quezon City
Philippines
The Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Inc.
Km. 14 Canapnapan 6337 Corella, Bohol, Philippines
 

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Singapore

Singapore Zoo
 

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Thailand

Central office in Thailand:
Royal Forest Department
Wildlife Conservation Division

Phaholyothin Road
Jatujak
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Website of the Wildlife Conservation Division: http://www.forest.go.th/nrco/english/wcd.htm
Website of the Royal Forest Department: http://www.forest.go.th/default_e.asp

Tasks of the Wildlife Conservation Division include conservation of wildlife and habitats, establishment and management of sanctuaries, reintroduction and rehabilitation programs for certain wildlife species, research and the establishment of a database on wildlife, forest, and social economy for wildlife sanctuaries (Information from the website, seen 29 March 2003; e-mail information from Sylke and Janet who rescued a wounded Nycticebus pygmaeus)

The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand (WAR)

235 Sukhumvit Road Soi 31
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Website: http://www.warthai.org

The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand (WAR) is a non-profit-making charitable foundation dedicated to the welfare and preservation of natural species of animals in Thailand. War was started in 1985 by Pongsagdi and Leonie Vejjajiva with the encouragement of Pisit Na Pattalung, secretary of the Wildlife Fund Thailand. Its objective is to care for wild animals that are disabled or unwanted or otherwise unable to function normally as a result of maltreatment or disease.
WAR's Sukhumwit Wild Animal Sanctuary and Krabok Koo Wild Animal Sanctuary contain hundreds of abused or confiscated animals including gibbons, monkeys and slow lorises. War runs many sanctuaries for animals in need. Its programs include a newsletter "Animal Tribune" with articles about Thai fauna and endangered species. (Information from the center website, 10 June 2001)

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT) wildlife rescue center
at  Kao Look Chang Temple

Wildlife Friends of Thailand
Moo 6
Tambon Thamairuak
Amphoe Thayang
76130 Petchaburi
Thailand
Wildlife Friends of Thailand website: http://www.wfft.org/. Website for the rescue center: http://www.wfft.org/wrc.htm

Wildlife Rescue and Gibbon Rehabilitation center located at Kao Look Chang Temple in the Petchburi province, Thailand, approximately 200 kilometers south of Bangkok. Fully registered foundation under Thai law. Rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals previously exploited as pets or used for profit within the tourist industry, including gibbons, macaques, civets, tigers, loris, snakes, birds, leopard cats, leopards, bars and various species of deer.

Krabakhu Wild Animal Rescue Center

Kanchanaburi Provinces
Royal Forest Department
Paholyothin Rd.
Jatujak, Bangkok 10900
THAILAND

Phuket Gibbon Rehabilitation Project

Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand
Bang Pae Waterfall Wildlife Park
29/2 Soi Dang Udom
Sukhumvit Soi 33
Bangkok 10110
THAILAND

Gibbon Rehabilitation Center

        Khao Phra Thaew National Park, Phuket, Kingdom of Thailand
        Web-site: http://www.ecovolunteer.org/pro/pro20/pro1_20.htm
 

Highland Farm and Wildlife Refuge

Highway 1090, P.O.Box 24, A. Mae Sot 63110, County of PropPra, Kingdom of Thailand
Website: http://www.members.tripod.com/highlandfarm

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Vietnam

Information from an undated Vietnamese poster against trade with lorises, obtained from U. Streicher, EPRC, and from T. Nadler, pers. comm.:
All primate trade, catching of primates or keeping them as pets in Vietnam are illegal. If you see a rare or endangered species for sale in the market, please contact:

the Forest Protection Department 8252635 (Hanoi) or, better,

your local Forest Protection Branch (almost each province has a  forest protection department which is responsible for law enforcement), or

Fauna and Flora International (FFI) 9330062 (Hanoi)

Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC)

Cuc Phuong National Park
Nho Quan District
Ninh Binh Province
Vietnam
Website: Index / Home: http://www.primatecenter.org/
(Langurs, gibbons, lorises)

The EPRC cares for rare primates confiscated from the booming illegal animal trade. With these confiscated individuals the EPRC has successfully formed several breeding groups and it strives to establish stable captive breeding populations of some of the rarest primate taxa and the longterm goal is the release of captive bred offspring back to the wild.
The center includes a five hectare site which is home to more than 100 primates, a main building with veterinary facilities, a quarantine building and 2 'semi-wild' or open enclosures for gibbons and langurs. The Center tries to provide sufficient housing and natural food sources to mimic wild groups and their natural habitats as much as possible (information from the center website, 10 June 2001).

Hanoi Zoo

with official Soc Son Animal Rescue Center outside Hanoi

Saigon Zoo, Ho Chi Minh City

with official wildlife rescue center; conservation education programs for high school students

Sanctuary in Syracuse, Indiana, USA
Web Site: see http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/idp/entry/685 in Primate Info Net

A non profit New World Primate Rescue & sanctuary which offers a permanent proper home for primates in need. A referral service to larger primate issues is offered. Cooperation with local authorities, state and federal, zoos, research facilities, pet owners. Education on primates offered to the general public. Engaged in the fight of destruction of natural animal habitats and illegal pet trade worldwide. Also involved in parrot rescue and welfare.