Rehabilitated Orangutans to be Returned to the Wild
November 13, 2009 - by Andrew Higgins/ Washington Post Foreign Service. Project in Borneo will be first to release tame apes into natural habitat
Over the past decade, Lone Droscher-Nielsen, a former Scandinavian Airlines Systems flight attendant, has saved nearly 600 orphaned orangutans in Borneo from almost certain death. Funded by donations from abroad, she's given the apes food, shelter and better health care than many humans in these parts ever get.
Now, the 46-year-old Dane is preparing for a more difficult -- and controversial -- task: returning for the first time ever tame orangutans to the wild. "They were born wild and they deserve to go back in the wild again," said Droscher-Nielsen, founder and director of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Project. "That is our ultimate objective."
Tree Planting is Theme for Orangutan Caring Week 2009
October 8, 2009 - Santa Monica, CA. Orangutans, the ginger haired great apes from Southeast Asia, will be the focus of attention during Orangutan Caring Week, November 8-14, 2009. This annual celebration will provide opportunities for the public around the world to learn more about this endangered species. Concerned organizations and individuals will be hosting events highlighting the orangutan, their role in the rainforest environment of Borneo and Sumatra, and their struggle to survive rainforest destruction.
OURF August 2009 Ecotour Celebrates Academic Aspiration
8 August 2009 - Medan, Sumatra - Orang Utan Republik Foundation's 2009 Ecotour to North Sumatra began in Medan, Sumatra on August 8th with a welcome dinner at the Madani Hotel that also served as a venue to celebrate the recipients of the 2009 Orangutan Caring Scholarship (OCS). The five recipients, three from the province of North Sumatra and two from the province of Aceh, attended the dinner acknowledging their achievement. Some flew in from as far away as Banda Aceh with their advisors to participate in the ceremony that also included their signing the contract of support between them, the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and OURF.
Orangutan Veterinary Workshop to Target Crisis Care, Promote Community
July 28, 2009 - Orangutan Outreach. Crisis care and improved husbandry standards at orangutan rehabilitation centers in Borneo and Sumatra will be the focus when more than 35 local veterinarians, keepers and wildlife officials gather for the Orangutan Conservancy (OC) Veterinary Workshop, which will be held August 5-9 in East Kalimantan, Borneo.
With The Clearing Of Forests, Baby Orangutans Are Marooned
JUNE 25, 2009 - By Rhett Butler/from Yale Environment 360
As Borneo's rain forests are razed for oil palm plantations, wildlife centers are taking in more and more orphaned orangutans and preparing them for reintroduction into the wild. But the endangered primates now face a new threat - there is not enough habitat where they can be returned.
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