ADOPTABLE MEMA
In June 2016, a 5-month-old Mema began her rescue and rehabilitation journey at Nyaru Menteng in a cardboard box. A local villager claimed to have found her among burned peat and it’s possible her mother may have been the victim of a fire, though it’s unlikely she...
ADOPTABLE JENI
Jeni’s story begins, sadly, the same way it does for most of the orangutans in our care: by losing her mother. On August 24, 2020, a rescue team brought her to our Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. On arrival, this tiny baby weighed only 5kg! She also...
SUPERHERO KOPRAL
Who could forget Kopral, the armless male orangutan? Thanks to his extraordinary strength and resilience and the dedication of his caretakers, he now enjoys a semi-wild life on a Sanctuary Island. When Kopral first came to Samboja Lestari from Samarinda, he was...
A NEW CHANCE FOR BUJANG
Before the BOS Foundation team rescued Bujang at age 14, he lived in a circus where his captors forced him to work as a ‘performer’. Tragically, when the veterinarians assessed Bujang, he exhibited no natural behaviors, meaning he could never return to the...
PAPA, A BEACON OF HOPE
Not every orangutan resident of the BOS Foundation’s rehabilitation centres will have the opportunity to return to a natural forest where they can live wild and free. There are several individuals who, due to various reasons, would be unable to live...