Orangutan Appeal News

Fundraising

How our supporters are helping us

Urgent Annoucement

Hardi rescuing a baby orangutanThe Orangutan Appeal UK has been approached by a fledgling Indonesian group, the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP), to help raise vital funds for their crucial work supporting orangutan conservation in Indonesian Borneo. We are running an appeal on their behalf and, if you would like to help this very small and very brave team carry out critical projects to help local indoneisans protect their rainforests and the orangutan, you can do so by making a donation direct to their work on our website by choosing “Centre for Orangutan Protection donations”.

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Legacies

Loving LooksIn just a few years the Orangutan Appeal UK has funded numerous projects from new quarantine and medical wards, provision and maintenance of a Land Rover for rescues and releases, to helicopter translocations, sponsoring veterinarian staff and pioneering surgery, including the world’s first cataract operation on an orangutan. Continue reading »

A Special gift from Rotterdam

Angelina Muller and Eveline Schuette-Ratha present a cheque for 36,600 eurosDedicated to helping the orangutans of Borneo, Angelina Muller and Eveline Schuette-Ratha from Rotterdam, returned to Sepilok in July this year after raising an amazing RM173, 564.90 for the UK Appeal and the Rehabilitation Centre.
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Paolo Nutini - our new supporter

Paulo Nutinin album coverThe 20 year old Scottish born singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini, whose current hit is “New Shoes” has pledged his support, along with his base guitarist, Michael McDaid, to the Appeal and to helping save the endangered orangutans.

The Band have adopted baby Sen and are encouraging their fans to do the same. Michael is adoptive father to Naru and he has posted a message on their website asking his fans to donate as much as possible to our work. Check it out at www.paolonutini.com and www.myspace.com/paolonutini

Primary school raises £750

Fleckney Church of England Primary SchoolIn October 2004 Dr Sen Nathan and Mr Laurentius Ambu from Sabah Wildlife Department were in the UK delivering their lecture tour on Orangutan Rehabilitation. At the Twycross Zoo event, James Reay a teacher from Fleckney Church of England Primary School (just outside of Leicester) introduced himself.
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