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!
COP NEWS MARCH 2008
(Centre for Orangutan Protection - Kalimantan, Indonesia)
In March this year our Trustee – Veterinarian Dr Roger Coley – joined COP’s investigation team for a week to see first hand the problems they are faced with.
The Appeal is now in the second year of the Post Release Monitoring project in Tabin, a protected forest reserve in the south of Sabah. We initially ran trials of this research in the Kabili reserve which surrounds Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (SRC) and progressed to Tabin in August 2006 along with four young rehabilitated orangutans – Tompong, Suzanna, Brock and Toby who are our focal point.
Over the years SRC have released hundreds of orangutans back into the wild but no one has ever known how well these individuals cope with life, or if the rehabilitation programme has equipped them well enough to survive and breed in the wild. This research, which is being conducted in conjunction with the Sabah Wildlife Department, is aimed at finding out exactly this and if there are any areas of the rehabilitation process that need to be changed or improved. An initial report has been compiled by Roehampton University from the data collected by our research assistants and is showing encouraging results.
In August 2007 we received notification that three juveniles were ready to be released into the Kabili forest reserve which surrounds the Sepilok Centre. The previous release at Sepilok in March 2006 had encountered difficulties so it was felt that it would be advantageous to set up a tracking team to keep an eye on these youngsters until they were established in the reserve. Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) gave authority for the Project to go ahead and Jon Levell, who has worked for the Forestry Commission in Wales for many years, was assigned by the Appeal to act as Team Leader.
The Appeal’s Orangutan Post-Release Monitoring Project in Borneo, is one of many projects around the world that are being recognised by the Prince’s Rainforest Project for rainforest conservation, sustainable income generation and biodiversity benefits. Continue reading »
The Appeal is delighted to add Baby Ceria to our adoption scheme. Ceria was rescued by the Centre in Feburary 2007 and arrived in a very pitiful state after being kept as a pet. He was so ill we feared for his life. After the care and dedication of the team at Sepilok Ceria thankfully pulled through and is now doing really well.
Adopt him today!
Adopting a young orang is an excellent way to help the projects and get something back in return.
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Orangutan Appeal UK
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