All Hail King Lear! He may not be king of the forest, but he is king of the playground! At six years of age, Lear is quite the character! I… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Lear
Boy Oh boy! At approximately 140 kilograms (300 pounds), Boy is definitely the “big man” at OFI’s Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine (OCCQ). Not much of Boy’s history is known… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Boy
I am so pleased that I was able to choose Luna as my first Orangutan of the Month. Luna is a very small, one-year-old orangutan who looks more like a… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Luna
At OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ), enrichment is a crucial part of caring for the physical and mental health of the orangutans. Over the past few years, the… Continue reading An Enrichment Update
This is my last Orangutan of the Month as I am leaving Borneo in a matter of days, so I wanted to pick an orangutan that I’ve bonded with throughout… Continue reading Berman: Orangutan of the Month
As a caregiver, Pak Ateng is part of a team responsible for rehabilitating the orphaned orangutans at OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine. Pak Ateng encourages the orangutans to develop… Continue reading Employee of the Month: Pak Ateng, a skilled Caregiver at the OFI Care Center
Introducing Omry, the mischievous star of the IMAX film Born to be Wild: Omry is easily remembered from the scene where he wreaks havoc in a kitchen by clanging pots… Continue reading IMAX Star of the Month: Omry
Douglas Soledo has a story quite unlike the tales of other orangutan orphans. Featured in the new IMAX movie, BORN TO BE WILD, opening this April, Douglas Soledo is about… Continue reading IMAX’s ‘Born to be wild’ star of the month: Douglas Soledo
It’s my last day volunteering at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, where I have been doing orangutan enrichment for the last 6 months. I am watching Samsu and Bangow… Continue reading Six Months of Enrichment: Insights and Experiences
The young male Agile Gibbon who we have been calling Gibbs has left his much larger orangutan cousins at the OFI Care Center this week. This small, arboreal ape is… Continue reading Gibbs the Gibbon makes a move
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