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.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation, in cooperation with the East Kalimantan BKSDA, has successfully released another six orangutans from the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and into the Kehje Sewen Forest.
Laila came from the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta and was handed over to the BOS Foundation’s Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre on 18 March 2001.
Petak arrived at BOS Foundation’s Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre on 9 August 1998, at the age of two. She had been illegally kept as a pet by a local resident in the Sebulu area, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan.
For the past two and a half months, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Totat Jalu Camp, in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, has cared for Nobri, a 15-year-old female orangutan. Nobri was housed in a holding cage at the camp in order...
Rehabilitant orangutans are those rescued at a young age and/or confiscated from people who have illegally kept them in captivity.
