Orangutan

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

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

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…