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Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Gokong

Gokong Putung now weighs 8kg and has had many developments over the last few months. He is starting to learn ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Dora

Dora was confiscated from a Buddhist monastery in Tebing Tinggi, a small town two hours from Medan, Sumatra. She is ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Bulan

Bulan is now 12 years old and she has grown into a beautiful young female. The male orangutans seem to ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Chocolate

Chocolate now weighs approximately 14kg. He is a very active orangutan and also has an excellent appetite. He is not ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Carmen

Carmen is now 12 years old and weighs 34 kg. Carmen still lives at the socialisation complex in Nyaru Menteng ...

Posted 01 Nov 2013 in Updates , Carlos

Carlos is now 12 years old and weighs 50 kg. He has grown into a very handsome orangutan. Carlos lives ...

Posted 01 Oct 2013 in Updates , Bunga

Bunga was transferred to the newly built centre earlier this year and loves her new home! She spends all her ...

Posted 19 Aug 2013 in TOP in the Media

Just a quick reminder that today is world orangutan day. These gentle apes share 97% of their DNA with us, ...

What do Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey, Palmolive dish soap and Friskies cat food have in common? The answer is ...

Zoos have used water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans. When apes ventured into deep water, they often drowned, ...