August 2019 – Jeffrey Junior
Today a lone small orange figure sits on the wooden boardwalk leading away from Camp Danielle, the infant nursery. He looks around taking in the forest around him. He...
August 2019 – Hockey
Ten, eleven, twelve… Hockey’s caregiver counts out the remaining banana peels from the pile Hockey has ravenously eaten. Hockey hugs close to her banana shaped pillow at the end...
August 2019 – Charlie
Charlie is still bursting full of energy and bravado. As another day in the Learning Forest begins, he bounces around the jungle gym, clambering in nets, swinging through tyres...
August 2019 – Carmen
If a fairy tale character with a distinctive red hood were to pass by Pondok Dua, it would be fair to say that one particular orangutan would catch her...
August 2019 – Amelia
Over the last six months Amelia has settled in nicely at Camp Danielle, OFI’s infant nursery. She has her routine now and her area in the playground where she...
August 2019 – Holland
What more is there to say about Holland that hasn’t already been said? Adorable and sweet Holland… she is the apple of her caregiver’s eye. The last 6 months...
August 2019 – Buddy
It is hard to believe it has already been over a year since Buddy arrived at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine. He has practically doubled in size, now...
August 2019 – Kobe
A ripple of “oohs,” sound out amongst the caregivers at Pondok Dua as they let Kobe out of her sleeping enclosure. Kobe is a very wilful orangutan and recently...
August 2019 – Tommy
Some orangutans have thick and long, luscious ginger hair flowing down the body. Others are less well-endowed and seem to have an eternal bad hair day. Six months ago,...
February 2019 – Tommy
A stray coconut falls to the floor unnoticed by all but one orangutan orphan. From his sleeping enclosure Tommy already has his laser-like sights set on it. He waits...