Boy Finds His Own Enrichment It was a quiet rainy Sunday at the OCCQ, too quiet apparently for one of the residents. Boy, a fully-grown, adult male orangutan gave all the appearance of spending his Sunday afternoon lazily building a nest out of fresh acacia branches in his night house. We soon realized that Boy […]
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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 keep our orangutans as wild as possible so that they have a better chance of successfully surviving in the wild after release. One of the […]
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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 you. Sometimes, it is the simplest things that make such a difference in the life of an animal and with that in mind, let’s explore […]
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Hello! This is the first enrichment blog posting for the Orangutan Foundation International! Come explore the world of enrichment at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Pasir Panjang, Indonesia, as we work to make our animals happier and healthier. My name is Jessica Parker and I am the current Environmental Enrichment Fellow in […]
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