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May 28, 2011

Employee of the Month: Pak Ateng, a skilled Caregiver at the OFI Care Center

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 important forest skills such as foraging, nest building, and climbing. The orangutans seem to respect his gentle nature and expansive knowledge of the forest. Yet… Continue reading Employee of the Month: Pak Ateng, a skilled Caregiver at the OFI Care Center

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April 21, 2011

IMAX Star of the Month: Omry

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 and ripping into a bag of flour. He is also the youngster playing on the clothesline and messing with the clean laundry in the film.… Continue reading IMAX Star of the Month: Omry

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March 29, 2011

IMAX’s ‘Born to be wild’ star of the month: Douglas Soledo

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 to become an international movie star! His arrival at OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in 2010 coincided with the beginning of the film… Continue reading IMAX’s ‘Born to be wild’ star of the month: Douglas Soledo

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February 27, 2011

Six Months of Enrichment: Insights and Experiences

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 sit on opposite ends of their swing unwrapping ferns wrapped around peanuts and durian jelly. The enrichment team wrapped them earlier this morning. As they… Continue reading Six Months of Enrichment: Insights and Experiences

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February 25, 2011

Gibbs the Gibbon makes a move

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 moving to a new home, the Kalaweit Center in nearby Palangka Raya. This is a special facility for gibbons where he will be able to… Continue reading Gibbs the Gibbon makes a move

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Employee of the Month: Pak Ateng, a skilled Caregiver at the OFI Care Center

IMAX Star of the Month: Omry

IMAX’s ‘Born to be wild’ star of the month: Douglas Soledo

Six Months of Enrichment: Insights and Experiences

Gibbs the Gibbon makes a move

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