A New Home for Hockey

September, 7 2010
Those who have read our previous Enrichment Volunteer Jessica Pearl Parker’s blogs don’t need to be told that Jessica loves Hockey. In fact, Jessica loves Hockey so much and feels…

Dr. Galdikas’ Angels

September, 6 2010
Many good teams are trios. The Three musketeers, Charlie’s Angels, or for you primate fans, Leakey”s Angels. This last “team” consisted of three female primatologists Dr. Louis Leakey encouraged to…

Enrichment: Week V

August, 10 2010
It only takes one moment of clarity to realize how important enrichment is for captive animals. My moment of clarity came last week when I was introduced to a young…

Orangutan of the Month: George Baru

August, 8 2010
George Baru* is an amazing little guy. He has big expressive brown eyes that take in the world around him and a charismatic little personality that draws people to him.…

Enrichment: Week III

July, 28 2010
You can take the orangutan out of the wild but you cannot take the wild out of the orangutan. At OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ), we strive to…

Enrichment: Week II

July, 21 2010
Hello and welcome back to the OCCQ! There have been many new and exciting enrichment projects this week and I would like to share one of the success stories with…