Lamandau Nature Reserve, an expired logging concession comprised mainly of peat swamp forest, is prime orangutan habitat in Borneo. It was designated as an official orangutan release site in 1997. The Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has two camps located in the reserve, Camp Siswoyo and Camp JL., both on its eastern edge close to Pangkalan… Continue reading Lamandau Nature Reserve: An Orangutan Release Site
Ronnie, an adult female in her thirties, lives free in the forests of Tanjung Puting National Park. She has just given birth to her third offspring. In this protected area Ronnie has been lucky enough to become a grandmother. Her first born daughter, Riga has just given birth to Ronnie’s first grandchild. Dr. Biruté Galdikas… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: “Ronnie”
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 studying arriving kelotoks. When we visited, he kept a good distance away from our kelotok almost all the time. We… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Tom
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 was OK in his book. Almost every day he would stop by to visit, always with a gentle touch, before… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Robbie
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 at so young an age was affecting him. I truly didn’t believe he would survive. I had seen sick orphaned… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Somalia
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