Orangutan Appeal News

13 Jun 2008 - BBC Online interview Sue Sheward

The BBC have published an interview with the appeal’s Chairwoman and Founder, Sue Sheward.

Read the BBC interview.

22 Aug 2007 - Coronation Street stars visit Sepilok

Coronation Street actors, Tina O’Brien (Sarah Platt) and Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw), flew out to Borneo in August to see for themselves the work that is being done to help save one of our closest cousins – the orangutans - from extinction.
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1 Nov 2006 - Orangutan Appeal and Sabah Wildlife

Over the past 40 years, orang-utans rescued in Sabah were rehabilitated at Sepilok before being released into the nearby jungle. Now the Sabah Wildlife Department tells JASWINDER KAUR about plans to translocate some of them to an alternative site in Lahad Datu
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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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