“Bonnie Prince Charlie”, known as Bonnie for short, is a sensitive bear. If any bear needs a boost in self-confidence as a bear, it’s Bonnie. Having spent the first part… Continue reading Bear of the Month for March, 2019: Bonnie
When walking along the boardwalk en route to Camp Danielle, a facility at OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Borneo, you may hear what sounds like exasperated shouting… Continue reading Employee Spotlight: Ibu Yeti
Raja is one of those bears who always appears to be grumpy. This is due to his fleshy forehead, common among sun bears, that produces several layers of deep-seated wrinkles.… Continue reading Bear of the Month for Feb, 2019: Raja
Orangutan of the Month: Jono When migrants return to their motherland, are they more at home coming back to their land of origin or are they now more displaced? Humans… Continue reading Orangutan of The Month for Jan, 2019: Jono
Pak Sia: Devoted to the Orangutans “When I was six or seven, I didn’t really understand orangutans.” Pak Sia remembers. It was around that time he witnessed a teacher at… Continue reading Employee Spotlight: Pak Sia
Four in the morning and dawn is barely breaking over the Bornean rainforest. All is quiet as the forest and the animals within begin to stir. The rising sun brings… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for Dec, 2018: Wendy
Hockey’s Special Needs by Allison Leach “Special” is indeed the word that first comes to mind when thinking of the orangutan Hockey. She came to the OFI Care Center as… Continue reading Hockey’s Special Needs
Caca by Emi Kusayanagi It’s another hot and sunny morning at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. At Camp Danielle, the youngest orangutans under… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for Nov, 2018: Caca
Chewey – is more than just an intergalactic icon Hermits, it seems, have gone out of vogue. These days socializing is what people are talking about. “It’s good for the… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month for Oct, 2018: Chewey
November 4-10 Orangutan Awareness Week (OAW) was first established by OFI in 1996 to honor the establishment of Camp Leakey during the first week of November in 1971. What began… Continue reading Orangutan Awareness Week!
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