Orangutan

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 …

If you were asked to list the skillset needed to work in orangutan conservation, you might not think to jot down accomplished marksman. But thats high on the list of job requirements for a unique band of conservationists working in the forests of Borneo. If …

The baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian trafficker who was attempting to smuggle the animal out of Bali and back to his home country earlier this year will be released back into the wild, according to Monday reports. Russian national Andrei Zhestkov…

SINGAPORE: Carl Bek-Nielsen, whos about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he runs in Malaysia, is reflecting on a story by the New York Times earlier this year about an orangutan that was shot 74 times and found close to death on an oil palm estate i…

SINGAPORE: Carl Bek-Nielsen, whos about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he runs in Malaysia, is reflecting on a story by the New York Times earlier this year about an orangutan that was shot 74 times and found close to death on an oil palm estate i…

Carl Bek-Nielsen is unhappy with the insinuation that the entire palm oil industry is mired in malpractice, including killing orangutans. (unitedplantations.com pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Carl Bek-Nielsen, whos about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he run…

Bali's drugged, smuggled orangutan heads back to the wild

The baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian trafficker who was attempting to smuggle the animal out of Bali and back to his home country earlier this year will be released back into the wild, according to Monday reports. Russian national Andrei Zhestko…

A baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian who tried to smuggle it home as a pet will be released back into the wild in Sumatra. Andrei Zhestkov, 27, hit headlines when he was detained in Denpasar airport in March and found to have the three-year-old ape…

A two-year old male orangutan, which a Russian citizen attempted to smuggle out of Indonesia, looks out of a cage in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. (Reuters pics) BALI:A baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian trafficker in a failed bid to smuggle it out of…