Wildlife Crime Museum Opens at Umah Lumba Center

Dolphin Project is pleased to announce that Indonesia’s first wildlife crime museum has now opened at the Umah Lumba Center in West Bali.

The wildlife crime museum further strengthens our multi-purpose center, providing an immersive space to help educate on the critical need to protect wildlife and nature. The museum was realized with the financial support of Tjing Yeung, a devoted Dutch animal activist who passed away in 2023.

Illegal sea turtle and bear trade exhibit, Wildlife Crime Museum, Umah Lumba Center, West Bali, Indonesia. Credit: DolphinProject.com

Exhibit at the Wildlife Crime Museum, Umah Lumba Center, West Bali, Indonesia. Credit: DolphinProject.com

The museum’s exhibits tell the stories of wildlife crimes committed by humans. Over the years, our team has collected many items related to such crimes, including: snares to catch forest animals, netting and plastics removed from the stomachs and intestines of dolphins and other whales, hooks entangled in sea turtles, monkey chains to force the primates to “dance,” along with several other exhibits.

There is also a strong educational component at the museum, including information about illegal poaching activities (including the sea turtle trade), plastic pollution and marine life, animal abuse (such as the use of “dancing” monkeys), the bird trade, the various wildlife species in Indonesia, and reducing, reusing and recycling. Films about Indonesian wildlife and nature are also shown at the museum.

Wildlife Crime Museum, Umah Lumba Center, West Bali, Indonesia. Credit: DolphinProject.com

Plastic pollution and marine life exhibit, Wildlife Crime Museum, Umah Lumba Center, West Bali, Indonesia. Credit: DolphinProject.com

Our goal is that through education, visitors will become empowered and take action against wildlife crime. And, in the spirit of Yeung, reinforce the need to demonstrate kindness to all animals, and the planet on which we live.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Learn more about the Umah Lumba Center, West Bali, Indonesia.

Featured image: Wildlife Crime Museum, Umah Lumba Center, West Bali Indonesia. Credit: DolphinProject.com