“A lady” is really the best way to describe Amelia. Her face is the height of refinement: big eyes, a delicate nose, and best of all, a content expression that could melt the hardest of hearts. Amelia is super active, displaying bucket loads of attitude and spunk.

Amelia was four years old when she was brought to the Orangutan Care Centre & Quarantine in 2018. She was found abandoned and orphaned in a recently clear-cut piece of land in the Lamandau region of Central Kalimantan. Sadly, her background is one that is all too recurrent amongst young orangutans who find their way to our Care Centre. We don’t know how long she was kept in human captivity before being handed over to OFI. However, considering her abnormally small stature for her age, and the x-ray examinations which revealed an unusual curvature to the bones of her hands and arms, it is probable that she was kept in too small a cage, where she couldn’t stretch, for a long period of time. Upon arrival her hair was dry and thin, and her eyes were swollen, most likely from stress and sleep deprivation.

In the early days, Amelia retreated into herself, shrinking away from the outside world. She was a somewhat aloof figure, and it took time for her to open up. At first the infant playground was Amelia’s main stomping ground as she traversed barrels, ropes, and ladders in her daily “exercise” routine. She could be seen somewhere up on the swings, exploring on her own and watching other orangutans below. However Amelia has now settled in nicely into OFI’s Camp Danielle.

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