Welcome

The Orangutan Appeal UK is a registered charity based in the south of England, dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of Orangutans and the conservation of their habitat.

The Appeal strives to protect remaining wild populations of orangutans by providing support and funding for projects across Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo; and by raising awareness of the plight of this great ape across the globe. The Appeal is also authorised to work on behalf of the famous Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre!

Latest News

28 Jan 2009 - A New Baby is Born

Britt and baby A new baby is always an exciting event and it is no different at Sepilok, especially when it is one of their own rehabilitated orangutans who introduces their new born to the world. Continue reading »

9 Oct 2008 - Latest Release at Sepilok

Hope In spring 2008 5 of the young orangutans which had been living in the nursery at Sepilok were ready to be released into the Kabili forest which surrounds the centre. Each orangutan had a very different history.

9 Oct 2008 - New Excersise Enclosure for Sepilok

New Play Pen Over the last six months the Appeal has been invloved in funding many projects for Sepilok. We have again sponsored the vet and vet nurse for another year at the centre, provided new veterinary equipment, carried out extensive repairs to the night nursery and purchased a new washing machine. We have maintained the 4 wheel drive Land Rover and provided the centre with Broadband internet access to improve communications. But best of all we have replaced the exercise enclosure which was our very first project in 2001. Over the years the metal had corroded and so this time we have provided it in stainless steel - costly at £15,000, but it should last a long time!

9 Oct 2008 - Naru Makes it In the Wild - Update on Naru, Rosalinda and Anekara

Naru the wild man It has been 8 months since Naru, Rosalinda and Anekara took their final steps along the rehabilitation program at Sepilok, and were released into the rainforest reserve surrounding the centre. In this time all three have made great progress and have continued to expand their skills by watching and learning from the older orangutans already living independently in the reserve.

9 Oct 2008 - Orangutan Appeal joins forces with COP and BOS to Rescue Orangutans

Needs to be rescued In February 2008 the Forestry department on the North coast of West Kalimantan confiscated a baby orangutan. Two months later they received another rescue baby. These two babies have been waiting in a transit camp in a town called Pontianak for help to transfer them to a Rehabilitation Centre where they would have the chance of being reintroduced to the wild.