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Bear of the Year: HILDA A Big Bear with a Big Personality
An urgent call, a life on the line. Dr. Galdikas took the call in Pasir Panjang, Central Indonesian Borneo.This is how Hilda’s involvement with OFI came to pass. Since OFI took in its first sun bear, Desi in 2008, it was almost inevitable that more would follow. In 2012 an informant tipped off OFI that [...]
Kusasi: Survivor
Kusasi was an extraordinary orangutan. Unlike most orangutans living in the wild, he was the star of his own film called “Kusasi: From Orphan to King,” which initially aired on BBC and PBS in 2005, subsequently shown worldwide. Kusasi also became famous as the dominant Camp Leakey adult male orangutan. Kusasi first came to Camp [...]