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Published on January 31, 2021
IN MEMORIAM: HOCKEY Orangutan of the Month Remembered December 2020 and January 2021
At OFI we enjoy the highs but we also must endure the lows. It is with a heavy heart that we inform our friends and supporters that after a short illness (non-Covid19 related) wild born...
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Published on December 7, 2020
Orangutan of the Month August - November 2020<br>BAMA: Curious girl Searcher and Explorer
Away deep in the woods, life goes on at Camp Rendell, an adjunct facility to OFI’s Care Center in Central Borneo. An orangutan “soft release” is taking place. The daily soft release process sees the...
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Published on July 3, 2020
Orangutans of the Month June and July 2020 <br>NATALIE AND CANTIK: THE ROAD HOME
2020 has been a year of ups and downs, but among the stories of isolation and quarantine, there are those of freedom. Freedom well-earned by two orangutans, Natalie and Cantik! Cantik is an Indonesian word...
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Published on May 19, 2020
Orangutan of the month May 2020<br>POPPY, Strong and Independent
There are three identified species of orangutan – the Sumatran, Tapanuli and Bornean. Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) are the third heaviest living primate after two gorilla species. Studies have indicated that there are three subspecies...
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Published on April 14, 2020
Orangutan of the month April 2020 <br>LORI BELLE: Quiet and Reflective
A new baby orangutan at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) is sometimes the last link in a great chain. Lori Belle was reportedly found by some villagers in their “garden” and she was...
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Published on March 23, 2020
Orangutan of the Month March 2020: LADY GILBERT - PORTRAIT OF A LADY
The complex of buildings known as the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) may be one nerve center of OFI’s (Orangutan Foundation International) operations in Borneo but stretching forth like branches from a tree are...
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