Archive for February, 2020

News about Alba the albino orangutan

The Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team came across a very special orangutan last week: Alba, the only known albino orangutan, who was released in December 2018. In April 2017 something historic happened. A very special orangutan was saved from a life as an illegal pet in a village in Central […]

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Into the wild: Three orangutans released

On February 17 three orangutans had reached the end of a long rehabilitation process and were returned to the wild. In addition to the release a new post-release monitoring camp was inaugurated. Three orangutans have successfully completed a lengthy rehabilitation process through Forest School, culminating in a stay on a […]

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The first rescue of the year

At the end of January, a small baby orangutan was rescued and taken to the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre. The rescued male orangutan has received treatment and is currently in quarantine. A joint team from our Indonesian partner BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) recently […]

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Nests reveal orangutan activities

The orangutans reintroduced to the wild are tracked by the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team on an ongoing basis to ensure that the orangutans are doing well. It’s not, however, easy to find the orangutans in the wild. Their nests, on the other hand, can reveal a lot about their recent […]

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