2025 Spring/Summer Appeal Letter

The rainforest in Borneo is in crisis, and we urgently need your help now! Your support has made an incredible difference over the years. Together, we have been able to… Continue reading 2025 Spring/Summer Appeal Letter

2024 Appeal Fall / Winter Rescue and Rehabilitation

Dear Friend of OFI, Until recently, orangutan rehabilitation programs were inundated with orphans whose mothers had been slaughtered because of massive deforestation. The number of orphans coming into orangutan rehabilitation… Continue reading 2024 Appeal Fall / Winter Rescue and Rehabilitation

The forest of Tanjung Puting and the Sekonyer river

Los Angeles based Orangutan Foundation International becomes the home of the World Biological Corridor in North America

Sometimes you encounter a person with a vision. While Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) President Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas was in Spain as the keynote speaker at the Congress for Social… Continue reading Los Angeles based Orangutan Foundation International becomes the home of the World Biological Corridor in North America

Please support OFI in a chance to win up to $250K.

Update: Voting has ended and OFI has won a $25,000 grant. Thank you again for supporting orangutans and OFI’s efforts to conserve them. OFI needs your help to win part… Continue reading Please support OFI in a chance to win up to $250K.

Orangutans at the Dentist

Orangutan Tooth Removal During this summer’s bi-yearly medical examinations, the veterinarians discovered three orangutans; Melan, Jutak, and Umit, with decayed teeth. Decayed teeth in orangutans are removed to help alleviate… Continue reading Orangutans at the Dentist

Orangutan of the Month: Siswi

Siswi, OFI’s Orangutan of the Month, is indeed an amazing orangutan. First, she has the distinction of being the first orangutan born to an excaptive at historic Camp Leakey. Second,… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Siswi

Orangutan of the Month – Hughie

Hughie arrived at the Care Center in August of 1997, weighing only 3.5kg (7.7lbs). He was found next to a palm oil plantation by locals who claimed Hughie’s mother had… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month – Hughie