Published on February 1, 2024
Passing of OFI Board Member and Hollywood Legend: Norman Lear
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is greatly saddened by the passing of Norman Lear, a legendary television and film producer and writer, as well as longtime friend of OFI. Norman was 101 years old when he...
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Published on December 17, 2023
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 Communication of Science in Burgos...
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Published on September 24, 2023
Fall Appeal 2023
Dear Friends of OFI, The babies need our help! Each day, thousands of acres of tropical rain forests are clear‐cut, burned, and reduced to ash. The scorched earth, once home to variegated wildlife, becomes a...
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Published on November 22, 2022
Fall - Winter Appeal 2022
For the last 51 years, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has been working to save orangutans and their endangered tropical rain forest habitat. Without forest, wild orangutans cannot survive. During the past years we have made...
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Published on September 26, 2022
IN MEMORIAM: Orangutan 1978 - 2021 SISWI Much Loved!
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Siswi, arguably Orangutan Foundation International’s (OFI) most famous and beloved orangutan, passed away towards the end of 2021 after a short illness. Siswi...
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Published on July 26, 2022
Bear of the Year: HILDA A Big Bear with a Big Personality
An urgent call, a life on the line. Dr. Galdikas took the call in Pasir Panjang, Central Indonesian Borneo.This is how Hilda’s involvement with OFI came to pass. Since OFI took in its first sun...
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