KEEPING TRACK OF THEM AFTER THEY RETURN TO THE FOREST
A release into the wild is often seen as the final chapter in an orangutan’s rehabilitation journey. After years of care and training at rehabilitation centers such as Nyaru Menteng and Samboja Lestari, learning to climb, forage, and live independently through forest...
DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT: TUESDAY, 23 JUNE
Just announced! Mark your diaries for this Tuesday, the 23rd of June at 14:30, as there is to be a 90-minute debate in the UK Parliament’s Westminster Hall, led by Ms Kerry McCarthy – MP for Bristol East. MP Kerry McCarthy releasing Lanting After joining our...
WHEN A SNARE ALMOST STOPPED HER LIFE
The Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center recently received another sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) in heartbreaking condition. The female sun bear arrived weak and exhausted after being evacuated by the BKSDA Section Region II Tenggarong team. According to the BKSDA...
THREE DAYS WITH MANGGO AND MELKI IN BUKIT BATIKAP PROTECTED FOREST
The Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team once again recorded interesting observations of orangutans living freely in the Bukit Batikap Protected Forest, Central Kalimantan. This time, the monitoring focused on a mother orangutan named Manggo and her offspring, Melki,...