Orangutan

Your New Year hangover has finally worn off. Armed with a clear head and the bright hope and enthusiasm of a child, you draw up a list of New Years resolutions which will be dominated by the wholesome trinity: exercise more, lose weight, drink less alcohol. …

Ever since I inherited this cracked crystal ball from my late colleague Alan Watkins, it has failed to function well. It was in fine working order when he used it to compile his end-of-year Almanack of predictions for the following year, but in recent years i…

The sweet moment a baby orangutan that had been separated from its mother gets rescued in a remote village was captured in several photos. The frightened baby ape, named "Aben" by his rescuers, can be seen holding on tightly to conservationists in photograph…

The destruction of the Bornean rainforests is having a devastating consequences on Orangutans. Their numbers are plummeting. Experts claim that the population fell by 148,000 in 16 years between 1999 and 2015. And to highlight their plight, working with In…

Cola, a 10-year-old female orangutan waiting in a cage to be sent back to Indonesia, at a Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday (Dec 20). Wildlife authorities in Thailand repatriated two orangutans, Cola and 7-year-old Giant, to their native hab…

CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, Indonesia, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Six orangutans -- four males and two females -- have been released into natural habitat reserves in Central Kalimantan this week, marking the latest successful collaboration between Golden Agri-Reso…

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) and Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) Release Six Orangutans in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

The orangutans were prepared for their reintroduction to the wild through OFI's well respected rehabilitation programme. The programme specialises in rehabilitating and releasing wild-born but captive orangutans. Some of the orangutans released this week had…

Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) and Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) Release Six Orangutans in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Posted December 19, 2019 08:32:33 For months, Bon Bon the orangutan would lash out at any male who approached, after a Russian man drugged the animal, put him in a suitcase, and tried to smuggle him onto a flight from Bali. Bon Bon's keeper Ketut …