RURU’S FIRST STEP TOWARDS RETURNING TO FREEDOM
On 11 June 2014, the rain was pouring down as the BOS Foundation Rescue Team from Nyaru Menteng headed towards Sampit.
We are working hard to protect the Bornean orangutan and its habitat for future generations. Here are some of the ways we've helped develop a world where orangutans and nature thrive.
On 11 June 2014, the rain was pouring down as the BOS Foundation Rescue Team from Nyaru Menteng headed towards Sampit.
On May 21 2014, the BOS Foundation’s Forest School in Nyaru Menteng welcomed new students from the Nursery Group.
Que Que, a male young orangutan, was estimated to be around four years old when he arrived in BOS Foundation at Nyaru Menteng on December 14, 2013. He was handed over by Robby and his partner who had been keeping Que Que illegally as a pet.
Santa is a young female orangutan, not more than two years of age. She was sat all by herself inside a wooden cage, and one can’t help but feel her sadness.
Four years ago on the 14th May 2010, a resident of Hampalit village in Katingan Regency, handed over an orangutan that he had been illegally keeping for several years, to the BOS Foundation team at Nyaru Menteng.