2025 Spring/Summer Appeal Letter
The rainforest in Borneo is in crisis, and we urgently need your help now! Your support has made an incredible difference over the years. Together, we have been able to… Continue reading 2025 Spring/Summer Appeal Letter
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… Continue reading Fall Appeal 2023
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… Continue reading IN MEMORIAM: Orangutan 1978 – 2021 SISWI Much Loved!
Bangkok Six
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.… Continue reading Bangkok Six
Remembering Pak Bohap
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and OFI Founder & President Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas are deeply grieved to announce that Pak Bohap bin Jalan passed away in April 2022. Pak Bohap was Dr. Galdikas’ husband… Continue reading Remembering Pak Bohap
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE
Jakarta, the current capital of Indonesia. A city famed for its hustle and bustle, roads jam packed with motorbikes and cars each vying for space, sidewalks overflowing with street vendors… Continue reading EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE
Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980’s!
In the 1970s the situation facing orangutans and the existence of rainforest seemed somewhat bleak. Little did I know! The situation in the 70s was actually the calm before the… Continue reading Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980’s!
First Mother: Siswoyo
In the mid 1970s, two retired Indonesian Army Generals, one of whom had been the very popular Chief of Police for all of Indonesia, gave me their four orangutans. One… Continue reading First Mother: Siswoyo
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… Continue reading IN MEMORIAM: HOCKEY Orangutan of the Month Remembered December 2020 and January 2021
Orangutan of the Month August – November 2020
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… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month August – November 2020
BAMA: Curious girl Searcher and Explorer
