Orangutans are very intelligent… but sometimes they are too clever for their own good! The orphans in our care have learnt to avoid their monthly health checks, essential for their release process. It seems there is only one thing that can distract them… coconuts!

We are proud to support the Sekonyer Festival, a 3-day celebration of local culture and connections to nature.

The only threat facing orangutans is habitat loss. In the last two months, two individuals had to be rescued from community lands and returned to the forest. Though we try to avoid rescues at all costs, in some cases there is simply no other choice.

Labetty has given birth! Labetty herself is the offspring of Lady Di, an ex-captive female that we reintroduced to the wild in 2006. Lineages descending from ex-captive individuals are a testament to orangutan reintroduction programmes.