Published on August 1, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: Tom
Tom is a handsome and muscular sub-adult male living in Tanjung Puting. He is the son of an ex-captive called Tutut. He is inquisitive and can often be seen on the jetty at Camp Leakey...
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Published on July 1, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: Robbie
Maybe we’re not supposed to have favorites but, just like with people, connections happen before you know it. That’s the way it was with Robbie. For reasons I’ll never know, this wonderful orangutan decided I...
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Published on June 2, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: Somalia
The photo on the left shows Somalia as he was when I first saw him in 1994. He had not yet been turned over to the Orangutan Foundation and you could tell how the isolation...
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Published on May 1, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: Yayat
In 1987, when I first came to Camp Leakey as an Earthwatch volunteer, there were three sub-adult orangutans in camp: Pola, Yayat, and Kusasi. Two years later, I was in a kelotok which was carrying...
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Published on April 1, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: "Pola"
Pola came to Camp Leakey in the mid-1970s as a young juvenile orphan along with other notables like Princess, Unyuk and Tutut. During that time, Pola joined one of the original sign learning projects I...
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Published on March 12, 2000
Orangutan of the Month: Ego
Photographs and story by Carol Ritchie I first met Ego (pronounced Egg-0) in 1998, one of the many orphaned orangutans being cared for by OFI Indonesian staff. Dr. Galdikas suggested I concentrate my volunteer efforts...
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