Hundreds of orangutans were smuggled to fuel the exotic pet trade from the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra to areas far beyond orangutan native range in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1990, the Royal Thai Forestry seized six infant orangutans at the Bangkok Airport who were in the process of being smuggled to the former […]
Ryan Reynolds (the orangutan)
We’re excited to introduce you to Ryan Reynolds… the orangutan! Ryan Reynolds is an orphaned orangutan who is currently being cared for at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) facility in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Ryan came into the OCCQ center in March of 2021 at the estimated age of 9 months old. He […]
Christmas 1971 – 2021
On Christmas day 1971, Biruté Mary Galdikas followed a wild orangutan for a full day for the first time since her arrival in Borneo almost two months before. She named that female orangutan Beth. That incredible Christmas present was the beginning of something so powerful and important that it survives today. It was from Beth […]