IN MEMORIAM: Orangutan 1978 - 2021 SISWI Much Loved!

September, 26 2022
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…
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Bear of the Year: HILDA A Big Bear with a Big Personality

July, 26 2022
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…
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Kusasi: Survivor

June, 30 2022
Kusasi was an extraordinary orangutan. Unlike most orangutans living in the wild, he was the star of his own film called “Kusasi: From Orphan to King,” which initially aired on…
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Illegal Logging Threatens to Destroy Indonesia’s Forests, Including National Parks

June, 27 2022
The fall of Indonesian President Soeharto’s regime in May 1998 was followed by a period of political and economic instability. As Dr. Galdikas stated at the time, “After [Soeharto’s] government…
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Taiwan Ten

June, 27 2022
Nine young wild born captive orangutans whom Taiwanese officials had confiscated and one young orangutan whom Orangutan Foundation Taiwan (OFT) acquired for repatriation became known as the “Taiwan Ten” in…
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Bangkok Six

June, 27 2022
Hundreds of orangutans were smuggled to fuel the exotic pet trade from the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra to areas far beyond orangutan native range in the 1980s and 1990s.…
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