Kusasi was an extraordinary orangutan. Unlike most orangutans living in the wild, he was the star of his own film called “Kusasi: From Orphan to King,” which initially aired on BBC and PBS in 2005, subsequently shown worldwide. Kusasi also became famous as the dominant Camp Leakey adult male orangutan. Kusasi first came to Camp […]
Bangkok Six
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 […]
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