Over the past week, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Sumatra has rescued six orangutans from oil palm and rubber plantations. The first of the rescues was on July […]
Six orangutans rescued from plantations in Sumatra
Rescue team in Sumatra confiscates another orangutan kept as a pet
After two months attempting to rescue a young male orangutan in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) – along with the wildlife trade monitoring […]
Rescue team frees orangutan kept in a cage for nearly two decades
A team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Medan, Indonesia, has conducted yet another dramatic rescue – in Kabanjahe, North Sumatra. The orangutan they have just saved is a 20-year-old male, […]
Freedom beckons for Pongky the orangutan after more than a decade in captivity
A Sumatran orangutan who was kept for more than a decade in a tiny cage, then was rescued, only to end up back behind bars in a zoo, is now at a […]
Indonesian wildlife trafficker jailed for two years
An Indonesian wildlife trader, who was caught trying to sell an infant orangutan, has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined ten million Indonesian rupiah (about 750 US$) in Medan, […]
Indonesian rescue team evacuates another orangutan stranded amidst oil palms
A team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Medan, Sumatra, has rescued yet another orangutan marooned in a tiny patch of forest surrounded by oil palms. The rescue was carried out […]
Orangutans rescued in Indonesia as more land is cleared for oil palms
In the past week, the Human Orangutan Conflict Response Unit (HOCRU) from Medan, Sumatra, has rescued three orangutans: a male from inside an oil palm plantation and a mother and baby from […]
Orangutans rescued from patch of forest as oil palm plantations expand
An orangutan and her baby have been rescued from a patch of forest that is surrounded by oil palm plantations in South Aceh, Indonesia. They were released into the Gunung Leuser National […]
Formerly blind orangutan is back in the wild, but without one of her twins: video
Gober: the full story Gober’s much-anticipated release worked well for her and one of her twins, but one of the infants had to be shepherded back to the nearby cage complex after […]
Formerly blind orangutan is back in the wild, but without one of her twins
A formerly blind orangutan, who is the mother of twins born in captivity, was returned to the wild in Sumatra, Indonesia, this week. The much-anticipated release worked well for the mother and […]
Indonesian fishermen risk life and limb diving for sea cucumbers
Sea cucumbers are a popular delicacy throughout Asia. On the international market, they sell for hundreds of US dollars a kilo, but Indonesian divers who supply them earn as little as 20 […]
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