IN MEMORIAM: HOCKEY Orangutan of the Month Remembered December 2020 and January 2021
At OFI we enjoy the highs but we also must endure the lows. It is with a heavy heart that we inform our friends and supporters that after a short…
Orangutan of the Month August – November 2020
BAMA: Curious girl Searcher and Explorer
Away deep in the woods, life goes on at Camp Rendell, an adjunct facility to OFI’s Care Center in Central Borneo. An orangutan “soft release” is taking place. The daily…
Orangutans of the Month June and July 2020
NATALIE AND CANTIK: THE ROAD HOME
2020 has been a year of ups and downs, but among the stories of isolation and quarantine, there are those of freedom. Freedom well-earned by two orangutans, Natalie and Cantik!…
Orangutan of the month May 2020
POPPY, Strong and Independent
There are three identified species of orangutan – the Sumatran, Tapanuli and Bornean. Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) are the third heaviest living primate after two gorilla species. Studies have indicated…
Orangutan of the month April 2020
LORI BELLE: Quiet and Reflective
A new baby orangutan at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) is sometimes the last link in a great chain. Lori Belle was reportedly found by some villagers in…
Orangutan of the Month March 2020: LADY GILBERT – PORTRAIT OF A LADY
The complex of buildings known as the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) may be one nerve center of OFI’s (Orangutan Foundation International) operations in Borneo but stretching forth like…
Orangutan of the Month for February 2020:
MARSHA, Magic in the Canopy
It is amazing to think that just over 50 years ago we knew so much less about these orange apes, orangutans, the only great apes native to Asia, than we…
Orangutan of the Month for January 2020:
LEVY, Mr. Can-Do
Male orangutan infants are lightning bolts packed with energy and if there is one orangutan who can be guaranteed to be in the thick of it, that is Levy. Some…
Orangutan of the Month for December 2019.
SUMMER: Stubborn but Sweet
Orangutan hair may be a flaming dusky red but it provides excellent camouflage when orangutans are in tangled shrubbery and in the forest canopy where the sun doesn’t shine. Like…
Orangutan of the Month November 2019.
BANDA: Charisma Strong
The hanging vines and sturdy trees in Orangutan Foundation International’s (OFI) Learning Forest in Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) have borne witness to many young orangutans over the years. The vines…
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