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Improving Animal Welfare through the Aussie Assistance Project at Nyaru Menteng
April saw the continuation of Aussie Assistance Project at Nyaru Menteng and this year’s trip was funded by The Orangutan Project. This project was founded in 2007. The objective of the AAP is to support Nyaru Menteng’s goal to return our healthy orangutans to the wild. This is achieved by assisting with expertise, funding and [...]
Radio Transmitter Implant for Nyaru Menteng Release Candidates
Finding, following and observing orangutans in their habitat are far from easy. These smart apes often mislead the observers, move swiftly without any sound, and hide in dark shadows of the dense forest canopy. Most of them are no longer comfortable around humans. And this is a good sign. It means they are becoming wilder [...]
Samboja Lestari Orangutan Release (Day 2 – Final)
Today, Juminten and Titin finally joined their friend Leo in their true home, Kehje Sewen Forest. While Leo was flown by helicopter directly from Samboja Lestari to Kehje Sewen, these two female orangutans must first travel by road on a truck to Sangatta, approximately 9 hours from Samboja Lestari. Accompanied by vet Agnes and seven [...]
Samboja Lestari Orangutan Release (Day 1)
Starting today the BOS Foundation at Samboja Lestari releases three orangutans into Kehje Sewen forest. Since morning, the whole team is ready for this activity. The Samboja Lestari medical team began the process of sedation at 6 AM. Leo, the only male orangutan release candidate, got the first turn to be sedated because he will [...]
Press Release: The BOS Foundation at Samboja Lestari Releases Three Orangutans
In conjunction with the Earth Day commemoration which is observed worldwide on April 22, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation at Samboja Lestari releases another three East Kalimantan orangutans, after successfully releasing six orangutans to their natural habitat one year ago. Samboja, East Kalimantan, April 14 – 15, 2013. Today three orangutans consisting of one [...]
The BOS Foundation Receives Support Fund from Citibank and FSI
On Wednesday, March 26, 2013, at a ceremony held in Jakarta, The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation officially received Peka Fund from Citibank and First State Investment (FSI). During the ceremony , Jamartin Sihite, the CEO of the BOS Foundation had also received a chance to give a short presentation about the work we are doing [...]
Samboja Lestari Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
In the near future, orangutan population in Kehje Sewen forest will increase. There are at least three rehabilitated orangutan from Orangutan Reintroduction Center at Samboja Lestari who will be reintroduced into the forest on April 14, 2013. They are Juminten, Leo and Titin. Here are their profiles. Juminten Rescued from an industrial forest owned by [...]
9 Orangutans Were Rescued in Central Kalimantan
While the excitement of the success of Orangutan Release in February still lingered, a sad story sneaked in. The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation at Nyaru Menteng working together with the Central Kalimantan Conservation and Natural Resources Authority (BKSDA) had to carry out orangutan rescue operation in an narrow forest near oil palm plantation belonging [...]