Tags: Orangutan of the Month

Orangutan of the Month: Akmad

November, 14 1999


Akmad was Dr. Birute Galdikas’ 1st adopted orangutan daughter, having met Akmad only one month after she first arrived in Kalimantan in 1971. Akmad was rescued from a logging camp by Birute where she was being held in a make shift cage, after they killed her mother in front of her. Even though Akmad was…

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Orangutan of the Month: Gistok

October, 17 1999


“Gistok is one of the most colorful characters in Tanjung Puting! He once lived with a family as a pet before coming to the reserve. He is friendly to humans, inquisitive and naughty! We saw him hanging in a tree over the river watching us as we headed to Camp Leakey, but weren’t to meet…

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Orangutan of the Month: Tutut

September, 17 1999


Tut, who is in her late 20’s is the biological mother of five-year-old Terry (pictured) and a handsome fifteen year old male named Tom, who can be seen roaming the trees in Camp Leakey. It is thought that Tom may one day take over the dominant male role from Kusasi. A lucky visitor to Camp…

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Orangutan of the Month: Siswi

August, 11 1999


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, she almost died and is alive today through the efforts of veterinarians, tireless caregivers, and a strong will to live. Siswi was born September 9,…

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Orangutan of the Month - Hughie

July, 17 1999


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 abandoned him (not something orangutan mothers do). Since his arm was fractured, chances are his mother was shot out of a tree or killed when…

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Orangutan of the Month: Rosemary

June, 5 1999


Sharon and Marty Kimmel visited Tanjung Puting in 1998 and photographed a number of the orangutan residents of the Park. They provide this month’s “Orangutan of the Month”- Rosemary, a former Camp Leakey orphan who was later transferred to the rehabilitation station at Tanjung Harapan, and then to the station at Pondok Tanggui. “We were…

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