AYU IS GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER!
Who could forget sweet Ayu, the daughter of Lesan and, probably, Hamzah, who was born in the Kehje Sewen Forest in 2016? Just as she is developing new skills and showing more positive progress, we have news that Ayu will soon become a big sister! This comes after our...
A HIGH-STAKES FIRST DATE
On Saturday, November 12, a small caravan carrying some very special cargo departed from the BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Central Kalimantan. The teams started the day as the sun rose with a swab of their noses to check for...
“LONG OVERDUE AND MUCH-NEEDED”
Recently the U.S. Senate passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act. The new law revises requirements governing the trade of big cats like tigers, lions or leopards. Specifically, it changes restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including restricting...
SUJA & BELLA’S ROAD TO FREEDOM
As BOS-UK is proud to present our upcoming premiere event of Eyes of the Orangutan, it’s an important time to look back on some of the orangutans who have been directly affected by modern wildlife tourism. In 2006 at four years of age, Suja was repatriated from...
500 ORANGUTANS RELEASED!
The BOS Foundation has successfully released 500 orangutans in the decade since the releases restarted in February 2012. Our latest release journey began in the evening when swabs were used to collect samples from team members to ensure that nobody was infected with...