Orangutan Appeal News

20 May 2006 - Boxing Orangutans campaign successful

Wonderful news. Our campaign in Thailand has been successful.

It was reported in the Jakarta Post newspaper that the King of Thailand and the top Government Officials had been bombarded with emails and postcards regarding the illegally held orangutans which made to perform in the boxing ring for tourists at Safari World.

53 orangutans will be returned to Indonesia within the next 4-8 weeks. First, they must all be health screened, DNA tested, etc, and whilst this is being done jointly with Indonesian officials, the logistics of moving this many orangutans is being organised. If you sent those emails and postcards YOU have played a VERY important part in giving these orangutans their eventual freedom again, something I hope you will feel proud of.

24 Apr 2006 - Boxing orangutans campaign is working

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The fate of 54 orangutans illegally smuggled into Thailand nearly two years ago will be decided at a meeting of Malaysian, Thai and Indonesian wildlife officials later this month in Bangkok, officials say.
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10 Oct 2005 - Use of Orangutans in advertising campaign

Orangutan Appeal UK do not support Meteor’s use of orangutans in their advertising campaign - and in fact strongly disagree with such tactics.

Meteor have recently (October 05) adopted one of our orphan orangutans and made a small donation to our Appeal, but without disclosing who they were or what they were involved in - this in our view is a DEPLORABLE TACTIC. We have since refunded their donation.

We wish to make it known that we fully support the action being taken by the Captive Animals Protection Society to discourage such activities and sincerely hope they are successful in having Meteors advert withdrawn.

27 Jun 2005 - Welcome to ‘Rainforests’ magazine

The world’s first magazine of its kind, devoted to rainforests throughout the world.

Our objective is simply to help other organisations and individuals raise awareness of rainforests. We will publicise the wonderful work done by the many conservation groups and individuals throughout the world.
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10 Sep 2004 - Appeal needs help funding critial research

Could we do better?

This is the question we have been asking ourselves for quite some time!

For 40 years Sepilok Rehab Centre has been releasing rehabilitated individuals into the Kabilli Reserve, which surrounds the Centre. In more recent years the more advanced orangutans have been relocated to Tabin and other reserves where they can be truly wild. BUT WE DON’T KNOW HOW WELL THEY COPE and Sepilok do not have the funds to find out!
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