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Wild Orangutan Translocations

The daily commute back and forth to work is something we can all conjure up in our mind’s eye. Imagine one day if you were on your normal route but… Continue reading Wild Orangutan Translocations

Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest

Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest With the release of four orangutans, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has now released a total of… Continue reading Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest

Orangutans Return Home to The Forest

Five Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutans Return Home to the Forest On February 22nd, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) released five rehabilitated wild born ex-captive orangutans into the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve… Continue reading Orangutans Return Home to The Forest

Newly Released Orangutans Immediately Have Sex

Rehabilitated ex-captive wild born orangutans, females Denux, Emily, Febri, and males Cooper and Yansoe, were returned to the wild in Central Indonesian Borneo by Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) in the… Continue reading Newly Released Orangutans Immediately Have Sex

Back to the Trees, an OFI Release

In this video, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) embarks on the release of four rehabilitated wild born ex-captive orangutans into protected forest. Moments like these represent the core mission of OFI,… Continue reading Back to the Trees, an OFI Release

Free again – a visit to one of OFI’s releases

Seluang Mas is a very special place. Chosen after extensive ground surveys and GIS satellite map readings by Pak Robert Yappi and Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, it is difficult to… Continue reading Free again – a visit to one of OFI’s releases

A Second Chance at a Wild Life

Jade on the morning of her release.

A tangible sense of excitement sets in at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in the days leading up to orangutans being permanently released back into the wild. OCCQ… Continue reading A Second Chance at a Wild Life

The Joy of Freedom

On December 11, 2012 about one hundred people gathered at an isolated Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) forest camp at the edge of Tanjung Puting National Park in the province of Kalimantan Tengah (Central Indonesian Borneo) to release five wild born ex-captive adolescent male orangutans into the wild. The release occurred under the auspices of the “Friends of Orangutans” program initiated by OFI and P.T. Smart, an Indonesian company concerned with conservation.

Releasing Orangutans back to the Wild: a Complex Procedure

Not every orangutan release goes as planned. In April 2010 Congo, an eleven year old male, was released at a forest camp located in a secure patch of forest stewarded… Continue reading Releasing Orangutans back to the Wild: a Complex Procedure

Macaque Monkey Release

Central Kalimantan, Indonesia – For a place called the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCC&Q), there is a surprising number of animals around that are neither orange, long-haired, nor gentle.… Continue reading Macaque Monkey Release

Orangutan Foundation International coordinates its programs with the support of the following Indonesian Government Agencies:

The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry

The Directorate General of Nature Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (Ditjen KSDAE)

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