While OFI’s primary form of enrichment is to take orangutans to the enrichment forest and to the large jungle-gym facilities, all orangutans need to spend some time within their sleeping enclosures due to the nature of the situation.
Providing appropriate enrichment within enclosures, and ensuring the quality of those enclosures (size and design), are
critical in preventing fear, boredom, anxiety, depression, and abnormal behaviors, and for safeguarding the physical well-being of the OCCQ’s orangutan residents. I hope you enjoy this great article in the current OFI Newsletter.
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