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February 2024 – Tommy

Tommy’s Jungle Journal: It’s always a wild and unpredictable time with Tommy but he just takes things as they come. Tommy is currently thriving and spending his time adventuring with orangutan friend Ponti. Tommy

August 2023 – Tommy

Tommy is a lone ranger. He still occasionally plays with his orangutan friend Hayes but prefers to be left to his own devices. Tommy will show an interest in his caregivers if they bring

February 2023 – Tommy

Over the last six months Tommy has enjoyed regular forest school releases and a healthy diet and enrichment schedule. Things are more or less back to the way they were several years ago. Tommy

August 2022 – Tommy

Tommy has always had a certain ‘“je ne sais quoi”. It’s hard to put into words but it’s there. Tommy’s bright wide eyes scan the forest as he hugs a tree trunk. The characteristic

February 2022 – Tommy

Tommy is such an energetic orangutan he never seems to stop. He enjoys all the fruit we offer him, but he never overindulges. It’s as if he doesn’t want to weigh himself down too

August 2021 – Tommy

Tommy remains a feisty individual full of vim and vigour. Alongside his friends Ponti, Hayes, and Jankis he feels invincible. Tommy eschews the ground that we humans must tread on, preferring the dizzy heights

February 2021 – Tommy

Tommy uses his time wisely in the OFI Learning Forest. He gathers twigs and sticks and inspects them for any sign of life. Tommy’s caregivers offer him a hand in finding branches but for

August 2020 – Tommy

The last six months has seen Tommy settle into a nice routine. He has finally made himself quite at home at his new Pondok (camp) facility. He still journeys far into the forest but

February 2020 – Tommy

There has been a world of change for Tommy of late. He has been moved from his familiar home Pondok Dua over to a new Pondok (camp) where he has started the next stage

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, Tommy had finally grown a