Freeki and 12 baby's were about to be smuggled from Sumatra to Java by boat.
At that very moment, JAAN’s sniffer dog team was present in the port of South Sumatra and the dogs detected the hidden monkeys.
Together with the authorities, JAAN confiscated the animals, and they are now being cared for at the Sumatra Wildlife Center. Sadly, three baby's did not survive the appalling circumstances they had endured...
The 10 remaining monkeys still have a chance to survive and have been receiving intensive, round-the-clock care at JAAN's Sumatra Wildlife Center
They were only six weeks old and deeply traumatized by everything they have experienced in such a short time. At this age, baby monkeys would normally cling to their mothers,who were most likely shot and killed by poachers. The infants were then torn from their mothers’ lifeless bodies and, without care, food, or water, crammed into crates and transported over long distances.


















