PANDUANHEWAN · INDONESIA

Indonesian animal news: the latest on wildlife and conservation

The latest Indonesian animal news: forest fires and orangutans, wildlife trafficking, rabies, elephants and protected species. Written in depth with legal and conservation context, every fact sourced.

1 October 2026 · Beutong Ateuh Banggalang, Nagan Raya, Aceh

Sumatran tiger in Beutong Ateuh: villagers live without conflict

Sumatran tigers and the people of Beutong Ateuh Banggalang in Nagan Raya, Aceh, live side by side without conflict, Mongabay Indonesia reported on 1 October 2026.

1 October 2026 · Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia

Indonesia forest fires 2026: 53 orangutans among 100 animals rescued

In the Indonesia forest fires 2026 season, the Ministry of Forestry had rescued 100 wild animals in six priority provinces by 22 September, 53 of them orangutans in Kalimantan; eight animals died.

1 October 2026 · Pekalongan, Central Java

Binturong mistaken for a palm civet in Pekalongan, Java

A binturong (Arctictis binturong), a protected species, wandered into a garden in Dukuh Sikucing, Yosorejo village, Petungkriyono district, Pekalongan regency, Central Java, at about 01.00 local time (WIB) on Tuesday 29 September 2026.

1 October 2026 · North Sulawesi and North Maluku

Chattering lory and 57 other seized animals sent home to North Maluku

Thirty-five chattering lory parrots and 23 other wild animals seized or found at a ferry port have been sent back to North Maluku, where most of them come from, by the North Sulawesi conservation agency (BKSDA Sulut), whose head described the operation on Monday 28 September 2026.

1 October 2026 · South Lampung, Lampung

Songbird trade in Indonesia: 2,775 wild birds seized from a bus

In a new case for officials tackling the songbird trade in Indonesia, a joint patrol at Bakauheni port, South Lampung, found 2,775 wild birds in an intercity bus's luggage hold on the evening of Saturday 26 September 2026.

1 October 2026 · West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo National Park quota: 2026 cap used up, 500 visitors a day

The Komodo National Park quota for 2026, 365,000 visits, was used up by August, so the park authority (Balai Taman Nasional Komodo) has set a daily quota of 500 visitors, reviewed periodically, for September to December 2026 under a notice signed on 22 September 2026.

1 October 2026 · Siak Regency, Riau

Sumatran elephant Diego dies at Minas training centre, Riau

Sumatran elephant Diego, a 17-year-old tame male, died at the Minas Elephant Training Centre (PLG Minas) in Siak Regency, Riau, at midday on 16 September 2026 after several days of intensive care by vets from the Riau conservation agency (BBKSDA Riau).

1 October 2026 · Jembrana, Bali

Whale shark stranded in Jembrana, Bali, dies and is buried

A whale shark stranded at Pengeragoan beach in Pekutatan district, Jembrana, Bali, on Saturday 12 September 2026: residents found the male, about 8 metres long, in shallow water that morning.

1 October 2026 · Bali and West Nusa Tenggara

Rabies in Bali 2026: 52,645 bites and 7 deaths by September

Rabies in Bali 2026 figures from the provincial health office show 52,645 bites by rabies-carrying animals and seven deaths between January and 11 September, with Badung the regency reporting the most bites.

1 October 2026 · Balasore district, Odisha, India

Baby orangutans found in India: Indonesia seeks return from Odisha

Five baby orangutans found in India on 8 September 2026, in a forest in Odisha's Balasore district, are now in quarantine at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar.

1 October 2026 · Indonesia

Indonesia national red list: what it is and progress in 2026

Indonesia's national red list is a ranking of how threatened the country's species are, compiled by the Ministry of Forestry with the IUCN Red List method; the plan was announced on 4 September 2025 with a five-year timeframe.

1 October 2026 · Aceh, Riau and Jambi

Sumatran elephant deaths in August 2026: what we know

Sumatran elephant deaths came in quick succession in August 2026, with at least five recorded: Jovi at PLG Minas, Riau (3 August); a wild male in an Aceh Tamiang oil-palm plantation, suspected poisoned (found 9 August); the calf Yuna at PLG Saree, Aceh (11 August); a premature calf in East Aceh (14 August); and a calf in Tebo, Jambi (reported 24 August).