DILLA IS FINDING HER WAY
We have an update on Dilla. She is one of our unreleasable orangutans, and she became famous in the documentary series ‘Orangutan Jungle School’. While all orangutans in BOS Foundation’s care have a tragic backstory, Dilla had a particularly rough...
CHECKING IN WITH OUR LATEST RESCUES
Every year, the BOS Foundation’s two Orangutan Rehabilitation Centres – Nyaru Menteng and Samboja Lestari – take in rescued, orphaned orangutans. They must undergo a lengthy rehabilitation process before we can release them into a secure, natural...
Exciting birds on our forested islands
One way to monitor and protect wildlife is through data collection via surveys or censuses. As in previous years, our teams on the pre-release island Juq Kehje Swen in East Kalimantan and the Salat Island Cluster in Central Kalimantan participated in the annual Asian...
AN OLD FACE AND A NEW BABY
Correctly identifying orangutans during observations can be tricky. This is especially true if our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team observes orangutans they haven’t spotted for a long time or when the team on duty is not familiar with the orangutans they are...
SNATCH IT WHILE YOU CAN!
Orangutans must learn and develop their repertoire of survival skills before being released into the wild. Learning to compete with other orangutans over resources is an essential skill they need to master to become independent. However, some individuals are more...