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August 19, 2021

Timeline – Threats to the Park Escalate

In the 1970s the situation facing orangutans and the existence of rainforest seemed somewhat bleak. Little did I know! The situation in the 70s was actually the calm before the storm. Suddenly, sometime in the late 1980s, everything seemed to go haywire. The destruction of the forest around the National Park accelerated. Gold was discovered […]

Article by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas / 50 Years In The Field, Timeline

August 19, 2021

Timeline – First Mother: Siswoyo

In the mid 1970s, two retired Indonesian Army Generals, one of whom had been the very popular Chief of Police for all of Indonesia, gave me their four orangutans. One of the retired Generals, who spoke English quite well because he had been a prisoner in Europe during the Second World War after being captured […]

Article by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas / 50 Years In The Field, Timeline / 50YearsInTheField, Timeline

July 1, 2021

The Significance of Akmad

Akmad impacted me not only because she was the first orangutan female whom we rescued but also because of her very genteel and serene nature. She was a wild orangutan who had not been kept in captivity for very long. She was also a local girl in the sense that she was captured by illegal […]

Article by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas / 50 Years In The Field / 50 Years In The Field, Akmad

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