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Category: Belantikan Conservation Programme, Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Lamdandau Vet, Oil Palm Plantations, Orangutan Care Centre & Quarantine, Orangutans | Date: Nov 19 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation

The translocation of the young female orangutan (we rescued her last week from an oil palm plantation) to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve is planned for this week. The young orangutan was named “Memes” by Tigor, Orangutan Reintroduction Manager.  Dr Fiqri, our vet, has said Memes is healthy and clear from worms and can leave the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine facility for the Lamandau reserve.

Hopefully we’ll have more news from Hudi on his return from the stakeholder meetings in the Belantikan Hulu region. 

Thanks for your recent comments Theresa, Amy and Wanda (very sorry to hear about your dog Wanda but glad we could bring you some good news).

Thanks for all your support,

Cathy - Orangutan Foundation

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Tags: Borneo, Endangered, Orangutans, vet, Wildlife

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Category: Orangutans | Date: Jul 07 2008 | By: orangutanfoundation

A very quick post. I’m off to Tanjung Puting National Park and will be back on Thursday. At some point I’ll hopefully be tracked down by Brigitta who has her goody bag for the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine.

At the end of last week the scientific paper, “Distribution and conservation status of the orangutan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: How many remain?” was published in Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation. Dr. Serge Wich, Togu Simorangkir from Yayorin (our Indonesian partner organisation) and other orangutan conservation experts, published new findings that reveal endangered wild orangutan (Pongo spp.) populations are declining more sharply in Sumatra and Borneo than previously estimated.

It isn’t all doom and gloom so have a read of the full press release from the Great Ape Trust website.

Many thanks.

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Tags: Borneo, Endangered, Orangutans, Sumatra

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