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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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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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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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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Recently, the post-release-monitoring team observed a group of three orangutan mothers and their babies who seemed to all know each other. It is not easy being a mother to a young baby, and sometimes even an orangutan needs to socialize with others in a similar situation. The monitoring team recently […]
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A male and two female orangutans were released last week in the TNBBBR National Park, after years of rehabilitation. For the first time in 2020, three rehabilitated orangutans have been released into the wild. As always, these orangutans have been rescued and rehabilitated at the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre. Here, […]
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Closing the year on a high note, Save the Orangutan’s partner BOS Foundation released another 9 rehabilitated orangutans. Furthermore, two wild orangutans have been translocated to safety. The cages were opened one final time in 2019 and 11 orangutans rushed out and eagerly climbed up the nearest trees. This marked […]
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Christmas is right around the corner and so is the time to enjoy all kinds of Christmas sweets. Did you know that half of all products in a regular supermarket contain palm oil? This includes the sweets we often have for Christmas. Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted from […]
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During the last weeks of the year, one of the biggest efforts in 2019 has been carried out: 17 rehabilitated orangutans have recently been released back to the wild. All orangutans have undergone a long rehabilitation process at the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, where they’ve learned to survive as wild […]
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Garu – who was born at the pre-release island – is now an independent orangutan who cares for her mother and little sister. All three were recently observed in the rainforest. Our Indonesian partner BOS Foundation does regular post-release monitoring rounds out in the rainforest to make sure the released […]
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