Maybe we’re not supposed to have favorites but, just like with people, connections happen before you know it. That’s the way it was with Robbie. For reasons I’ll never know,… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Robbie
The photo on the left shows Somalia as he was when I first saw him in 1994. He had not yet been turned over to the Orangutan Foundation and you… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Somalia
In 1987, when I first came to Camp Leakey as an Earthwatch volunteer, there were three sub-adult orangutans in camp: Pola, Yayat, and Kusasi. Two years later, I was in… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Yayat
Pola came to Camp Leakey in the mid-1970s as a young juvenile orphan along with other notables like Princess, Unyuk and Tutut. During that time, Pola joined one of the… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: “Pola”
Photographs and story by Carol Ritchie I first met Ego (pronounced Egg-0) in 1998, one of the many orphaned orangutans being cared for by OFI Indonesian staff. Dr. Galdikas suggested… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Ego
Tracy Tannenbaum and Ron Austerlade visited Tanjung Puting in April and September of 1998 and again in April 1999. They fell in love with many of the park’s orangutan residents,… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Mohtar
Shortly after Dr. Birute Galdikas won the 1990 Humanitarian Award from the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Princess gave birth to her second child.… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: “Peta”
Seven year old Anthrax is a wild orangutan living a free and “normal” life in the forests of Borneo. Anthrax was born in the wild to Akmad, the first Camp… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Anthrax
Akmad was Dr. Birute Galdikas’ 1st adopted orangutan daughter, having met Akmad only one month after she first arrived in Kalimantan in 1971. Akmad was rescued from a logging camp… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Akmad
“Gistok is one of the most colorful characters in Tanjung Puting! He once lived with a family as a pet before coming to the reserve. He is friendly to humans,… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month: Gistok
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