Tags: OOTM

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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Orangutan of the Month: Gil

May, 17 1999


Gil is one of the many orangutan youngsters under OFI care at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine. Two to three year old Gil was brought to OFI by a man who grew up in Pasir Panjang but moved to a nearby transmigration area. Grateful to the OFI staff who changed bandages and cleaned a…

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Orangutan of the Month: Unyuk

April, 1 1999


This month, OFI features one of the Camp Leakey veteran orangutans: Unyuk. Unyuk is shown with her daughter, Uning during one of their visits to Camp Leakey. Unyuk came to Camp Leakey in the mid-1970s as a juvenile and quickly showed that she had a bright mind. Unyuk’s favorite activity was to steal the camp…

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Orangutan of the Month: Ingrid

March, 1 1999


This month, OFI features one of the many orangutans under OFI’s care in Kalimantan. This is Ingrid, a juvenile female orangutan who was rescued through OFI’s Orangutan Rescue Program. Apparently she was orphaned and displaced by palm oil plantantion development then captured by villagers one kilometer from the nearest tree. The villagers had tied her…

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Orangutan of the Month: Kusasi

February, 2 1999


Kusasi has been a resident of the Camp Leakey area for over 10 years. He came as an ex-captive youngster and has grown to be a handsome cheekpadded adult. He is the dominant male in the Camp Leakey area and has fathered a number of infants due to successful consortships with the adult females in…

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