Male Bornean Orangutan Rescued
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Local Communities, Orangutan Care Centre & Quarantine, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans, Uncategorized | Date: Nov 18 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Orangutan Awareness and Orangutan Freedom
On Wednesday 11 November 2009, the rescue team from Section II Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Central Kalimantan and Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ-OFI) rescued one big male orangutan from Tanjung Putri, a local village. The orangutan was 183 cms tall, weighed approx 80 kg and was about 20 years old. Mr. Eko Novi (The head of section II of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Central Kalimantan) gave him the name “Jejawi”.
Jejawi being transferred to the speedboat
Orangutan is transferred by speedboat.
Mr. Eko Novi coordinated with Tigor, the Reintroduction Manager of Orangutan Foundation, for the translocation process. After medical observation by Dr Popo (OCCQ-OFI Vet) and Dr Fiqri (Lamandau Vet of Orangutan Foundation), on Friday 13th , Jejawi (the orangutan) was successfully translocated to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, the same place where Bruno, the sun bear, was released.
Mr. Eko Novi said this is a good moment to participate in Pekan Peduli Orangutan (Orangutan Awareness Week) with real action to help the orangutan to get a new life in safe habitat.
When the door of the transporter cage was opened, Jejawi immediately move out from the cage, he looked around for a second and then with fantastic speed, moved and reached the branch, he climbed the trees, and then moved to other trees, climbing until reaching the canopy. We hope Jejawi is now free for a better and safer life in the Lamandau reserve.
Back in the trees, hard to see - as orangutans should be!
The Orangutan translocation story was already published in Metro TV (the Indonesian television station) for News Program, and published in Borneo News (Central Kalimantan news paper) to encourage orangutan conservation awareness.
Thank you,
Hudi WD
Programme Coordinator
Please support our ‘Protect Me and My Tree Appeal’ - keep these orangutans in forest where they deserve to be.
Tags: Indonesia, Orangutans, rescue, reserve, translocation, wild
Orangutan Adoption Diary - Brian and Rosa’s growing bond
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans, Rehabilitation | Date: Nov 16 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
The adoption of infant orangutan Brian by female orangutan Rosa is progressing well - they are much closer and there is more playing and jesting. Brian’s holding Rosa hand more frequently and even hugging Rosa.
Brian and Rosa - © Orangutan Foundation
When tired of playing and jesting, Brian climbs and hangs about the cage, and Rosa jiggles the cage or lies about.
Brian and Rosa - interacting. © Orangutan Foundation
After Brian’s contented with playing and hanging he moves close to Rosa, strokes her, then pulls Rosa’s hair until it hurts her and she responsds by pulling Brian’s hand, slowly and carefully. Brian then bites Rosa’s hand, after which he runs and climbs over to the opposite corner. Brian repeats the same behaviour several times. It seems as though Brian is using this to make closer with his “new Mom”.
Brian heckling Rosa © Orangutan Foundation
Brian has adapted to his new environment and situation. He knows when it’s feeding time and the Camp staff start preparing fruit and milk.
Feeding time © Orangutan Foundation
When Rosa and Brian are given fruit, Brian always heckles Rosa and takes her fruit. Rosa is wise and very patient and shares the fruit with Brian.
Brian and Rosa -sharing fruit. © Orangutan Foundation
They seem to have developed a very strong bond and we are planning on letting Brian and Rosa out of their cage this week.
Thank you,
Dr Fiqri (Vet of Lamandau Orangutan Release Programme).
Please support our ‘Protect Me and My Tree Appeal’ -to help keep the orangutans in Lamandau free.
Orangutan Rescued From Oil Palm Plantation
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Oil Palm Plantations, Orangutan Care Centre & Quarantine, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans, Rehabilitation, Uncategorized | Date: Nov 09 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Last Sunday the Orangutan Foundation responded to reports of a young female orangutan isolated in a tree in an oil palm plantation.
The young female orangutan climbed the fig tree when we arrived in the oil palm plantation area at Pandu senjaya village, Pangkalan Lada.
Uduk and Yatno climbed the tree, but the orangutan moved to the top of the tree. At 17.30 the orangutan made the third nest and prepared to sleep. It started to get dark, so Uduk climbed down from the tree. We decided to stop the rescue and drove back to Pangkalan Bun. A labourer from the oil palm plantation stayed and watched the orangutan during the night.
The next day at 05.00 Dr Fiqri, the Vet of Orangutan Foundation’s Reintroduction Programme arrived and the orangutan was still in the tree. The labourer had started work that made the orangutan scared to come down.
The plantation labourer moved to a different area and the orangutan began to climb down. Dr Fiqri tried to catch her but she was very fast and moved to another tree, climbing right to the top.
The second rescue team arrived at 08.00, started to moved in on the second tree where the orangutan was.
At 10.00 the orangutan climbed down and the rescue team succeeded to catch her with a net.
Dr Fiqri immediately checked the orangutan and he found worms in the orangutan’s faeces but on a whole the orangutan was in good condition.
The young female orangutan inside the transportation cage.
We then had to carefully transfer the cage to the truck.
The young female orangutan on the back of the truck with Dr Fiqri always keeping a close eye on the whole translocation process for safe and good handling.
The young female orangutan’s view as she leaves the oil palm plantation. She will be freed in the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, a safer and healthier habitat, after she has received treatment for the worms in the Orangutan care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) facility.
Dr Fiqri said approximately 3 or 4 days after treatment the female orangutan is ready to be translocated to the reserve where she will be monitored and protected. Please make a donation today to support our work in the Lamandau reserve - these orangutans deserve a life in the forest and the forests deserve orangutans.
Special thanks go to; Eko Novi, the head of of Section II Nature Resources Conservation Agency of Central Kalimantan; Haryo, who gave the information about the young female orangutan in the oil palm plantation; Sia and Polis (OCCQ Staff) for good collaboration rescue ; Tigor (Orangutan Reintroduction Manager), Uduk (Orangutan Reintroduction Camp Coordinator), Fiqri (Orangutan Reintroduction Vet) and Yatno (Orangutan Reintroduction Driver) for the good work and dedication.
Thank you,
Hudi W Dewe
Orangutan Foundation - Programme Co-ordinator
Tags: Indonesia, oil palm, Orangutans, rescue, Wildlife Reserve
Orangutan Adoption Diary -Brian’s future is looking Rosy
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans, Uncategorized | Date: Nov 02 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Brian Diary, October 27th 2009 by Hudi WD
I am pleased to tell you that the adoption process between the female Bornean orangutan, Rosa and the infant orangutan, Brian is going very well.
Brian was confiscated from an oil palm plantation and was taken to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve where he was introduced to adult female orangutan Rosa (see post A Wild Life). Rosa immediately took to Brian, but Brian was a little bit nervous with the whole process.
Now Brian is looking healthy, really cool and smart! He is very active to move and play inside the adoption cage (Rosa and Brian are in cage just temporarily to help the adoption process).
Some times Brian is swinging in the cage and sometimes he reaches to Rosa if he needs attention from her.
Tigor (the Lamandau Orangutan Reintroduction Manager) said Brian has the real “wild instinct” and he will grow to be a leader. Brian has started to become closer to Rosa and this was shown when Utang (staff from Camp Siswoyo) tried to hold Rosa’s hand, Brian moved and tried to pull Rosa’s hand away.
He has also started to imitate Rosa’s behaviour. He is very smart and really funny when he moved and copied just like Rosa did.
Dr Fiqri (the Lamandau Orangutan Reintroduction Vet) said the adoption process was in good progress and in approximately 10 to 15 days he hopes Rosa and Brian will be returned to Camp Gemini and living free out of the cage, we hope it will be done as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Hudi WD
Programme Co-ordinator -Orangutan Foundation
Tags: Borneo, forests, Orangutans, vet, Wildlife
Exploding Fruit!
Category: Orangutan Foundation Staff, Tanjung Puting National Park (TPNP) | Date: Oct 28 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
During the Steppes Discovery study tours (August and September 2009), Ashley Leiman, the Orangutan Foundation Director, played a joke with the “strange fruit” of Tanjung Puting (Indonesian Borneo) forest!The outside of the fruit looks very strong and hard. Ashley asked “who can break it with just your thumb?” The study tour participants tried to push their thumb into the fruit with all their power and then…Puffff….the fruit suddenly explodes over them.
Exploding fruit - a study tour participant falls for the trick as the inside of the fruit explodes over his face! Photo by Orangutan Foundation.Greetings and huge thanks to all of the study tour participants from Orangutan Foundation Pangkalan Bun office, your support and donations are very helpful for orangutan and its habitat conservation and also for the local community.Regards,Hudi WD(Orangutan Foundation Programme Co-ordinator)
Borneo’s Fires - Risk Remains High
Category: Forest Fires, Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans | Date: Sep 10 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, where our main programmes are based still remains extremely dry and fires pose a real threat to key orangutan populations. What this posts shows, is that if we have the resources to fight these fires they can be put out and controlled.
June sent through this news today…
‘There are fires in Tanjung Puting National Park and Orangutan Foundation are assiting the National Park authorities with logistical and transportation costs. Thankfully the fires that we were battling in Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve have been sucessfully put out. But it’s raining ash right now here in Pangkalan Bun, I kid you not. Haze is very bad.’
Professor Jack Rieley, a world expert on tropical peatlands from Nottingham University, also sent through this information he received from the field about the fires in Sebangau Forests.
Palangkaraya’s airport is closed and all the hospitals are full. Schools are closed and the fires and the smoke are getting worst. Fortunately Dr Suwido Limin, of CIMTROP, reported this morning that the research area in Sebangau is safe from fire, as Suwido’s team have been sucessful in their operations to protect from fire. They are working still to install water pumps in another three locations.
Tags: Borneo, Fires, Indonesia, Orangutans
Fighting Wild Fires
Category: Forest Fires, Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans | Date: Sep 01 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
This is what June (Orangutan Foundation Programmes Manager) reported yesterday.
The fires are about four hours from Camp Buluh, an orangutan release camp in the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve and they are about 10 hectares wide. Currently there are 12 “Manggala Agni” (Forest Fire Prevention Brigade) fighting the fires since they were reported on Thursday night. There are also three teams assisting from our EC-Lamandau Programme and Pak Jakir, Patrol Manager has also been with them since Friday. They are currently using three machines to draw out water from the river to put out the fires.
Today, June is in Lamandau with the fire-fighting teams and so hopefully we’ll receive an update on the situation when she returns.
Thank you Gerhard R, Helen N, Jenny O, Brigitta S, Tal B and Matthew K for your recent donations – your support is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Cathy
Tags: Borneo, forests, Orangutans, Wild Fires
Lesson by MELU on Forest and Orangutan Conservation
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Local Communities, Orangutan Foundation Staff | Date: Jul 09 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Recently the Mobile Education and Library Unit (MELU), from our EC funded Lamandau Project, visited a local school to give a lesson about forest and orangutan conservation. More than 200 students of SMP 7 Middle First School in Pasir Panjang Village, Central kalimantan assembled in front of their school.
Enthusiasm was etched on their face as they listened to what Fadlik, our educator, had to say. The school yard, though clean, was barren with no big trees growing. So under the hot morning sun, Fadlik enthusiastically invited all the students to learn and understand the important of the forest and orangutan.
Many questions were asked by the children including why forest and orangutan must be conserved, and what was the difference between orangutan and monkey?
Teachers watched the interaction between Fadlik and their students with interest. The teachers said their students must learn about conservation. We hope the student’s love for their forests, their orangutans and other wild animals will increase with these efforts.
Tags: Borneo, conservation, education, Indonesia, Orangutans
Update on Andi the Orangutan
Category: Orangutan Foundation Staff | Date: Jul 03 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
Stephen blogged about the female orangutan Sawit and her adopted son Andi, back in January 2008, when they were released into Lamandau Wildlife Reserve. Andy was found injured in April and it is thought he was attacked by a male orangutan. He has been treated and kept in the quarantine enclosure at Camp Rusak. Having successfully recovered from his injuries he was given the okay at the end of May and he is now back in the forest and is doing well. We hope he will stay out off trouble!
Another piece of good news is that Andy’s adopted mother, Sawit, is four months pregnant.
Orangutan’s Broken Arm
Category: Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Orangutans | Date: Jun 09 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
On the 19th of May, 2009, the staff of Camp Rusak, Lamandau Wildlife Reserve noticed something funny about one of the orangutans in their area – Lady Di seemed to be dragging her arm, and not using it at all. They were very concerned, particularly since she is still caring for her young infant, and so immediately informed our vet via radio call. When Dr. Fiqri arrived, Lady Di went up to him, as if to say, “I have a broken arm, could you please fix it?” She then clambered voluntarily onto his back for the walk back to the Camp.
Lady Di and her infant in a holding cage, Camp Rusak. Note her left arm hanging down. Photo Orangutan Foundation.
Indeed her left arm was broken, and Dr. Fiqri initially tried to keep the arm in place with plaster.
Lady Di and her infant, Camp Rusak, Lamandau. Photo: Orangutan Foundation
However Lady Di had other plans for the plaster. Dr. Fiqri had a shock when he saw Lady Di later with bits of plasters all over her mouth, thinking that she was foaming at the mouth!
It was clear that they needed to get her arm x-rayed to ascertain the damage. Lady Di was taken into the Pangkalan Bun hospital, x-rayed, and under Dr. Fiqri’s supervision, later had her arm bandaged.
Pak Dian, Camp Rusak Manager (in blue), reassuring Lady Di. Photo:Orangutan Foundation
Lady Di at Pangkalan Bun hospital for an x-ray of her arm. Camp Rusak manager, Pak Dian and camp assistant with her. Photo: Orangutan Foundation
She was then brought back to Camp Rusak, where our staff are keeping an attentive watch on her.
It is likely that she had broken her arm by grabbing a branch that was not strong enough for her weight. Indeed she had some superficial cuts on her forehead that possibly supports this hypothesis. Thankfully, her infant was not harmed in any way, and aside from a broken arm that is well on the mend, Lady Di is doing very well.
Help us to look after these orangutans – please contribute anyway you can via Wildlife Direct. Thank you so much!
June
Programmes Manager
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- Nov 10th Nicole D. USD22.00
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- Nov 3rd Matthew K. USD35.00
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- Aug 3rd Matthew K. USD35.00
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