Meeting the challenges of setting up a rescue centre

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Meeting the challenges of setting up a rescue
centre

• By Karmele Llano Sanchez, DVM

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Overview

• Before setting up a rescue centre
• Running a rescue centre
• A future for the rescue centre

• Logistic problems
• Technical problems
• Bureaucratic problems
• Financial problems

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Important Aspects

• Targeted Species
• Criteria
• - animal with problems
• - animal with possible solutions
• Targeted area
• Targeted time
• Number of individuals targeted
• Type of project
• rescue centre
• rehabilitation centre
• sanctuary

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Sustainability

• Long term funding (budget)
• Human resources
• Expertises

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Target

• Protect the wildlife of Indonesia
• Reducing the number of animals that arrive at the
  centre
• Increase public knowledge and awareness about
  animal welfare and conservation of wildlife
  through education
• Investigation on animal trade
• Give alternatives for local
  people involved in the trade

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Target Species

• High profile species
• Too much politics and competition
• easier for fund raising

• Low profile species
• Not so much politics and no competition
• More difficult to raise awareness and funding

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Macaques

• Problems
• - non-endangered
• - no animal welfare law
• - consider a pest

• Solutions
• - helping local authorities to solve the problem
  of abandoned pet macaques
• - raising animal welfare issues
• - education on ethics and values on animals

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Public relationships

• Local people of the target area
• Local government
• National Government

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Staff

• Local staff
• Continuity for the project
• Provide jobs
• Education and awareness for locals
• Safety for the centre
• Local volunteers education
• Foreign staff
• Long commitment
• Can train local staff
• They have a link to foreign support and knowledge
• Foreign volunteers
• Bring new ideas

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Local staff

• Give trainings
• Educate about animal welfare
• Encourage them to learn English
• Dont critic them but give them a good example

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Expertises

• Bring overseas vets that can train the staff

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Local authorities

• Collaboration with local authorities and forestry
  department building up official agreements like
  MoU
• Organize seminars and workshops for local
  authorities
• Understanding of the local culture

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Welfare issues

• Number of animals targeted be aware of the
  maximum capacity logistically and due to space
• Have a good SOP (Standard Operational Procedure)
• Have a good euthanasia policy understanding the
  local culture
• Have an intake policy
• Have an animal welfare policy

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Exit Plan

• Release programmes
• Translocations
• Sanctuary
• Or where

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Target time

• Reduce the number of animals that arrive at the
  centre
• Through education and awareness
• Education of the owners
• Targeting the trade investigations, actions
• Awareness
• About diseases
• About animal welfare issues
• If nothing works, make up legends or believes

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Local education and awareness programmes
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Financial issues

• Secure the funding
• Overseas sponsors
• Local funding
• Grants
• Volunteers
• Merchandising
• Ticket sale

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Technical problems

• Bio-security (bird flu) education
• Organic waste make compos
• Un-organic waste recycle
• Water and electricity supply
• Food supply
• Emergency situations emergency kit and vet,
  assistant or keeper

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Rehabilitation and release

• Looking for release sites survey and habitat
  assessment
• Agreement and collaboration with local
  authorities and forestry department
• Publicity
• Publications

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Thank You
Dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of
suffering animals