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

20 Apr 2005 - Adventure 2005 Report

Adventure group 2005 When Sue Sheward, our Chairperson, told me that I had been chosen to be the Appeal’s rep on the 2005 Borneo Orangutan Adventure I was over the moon. I love my job of Liaison Officer at the Centre but this would give me a chance to visit some of the amazing places I had heard of but just hadn’t had the time to visit. However, I was not so sure it was a good thing when I was called to a briefing weekend at HQ and discovered my Adventurers ranged in age from 24 to 68! How would I keep them all happy? Would I be up to the task? Sue assured me I would be and after having spoken to everyone on the phone I began to feel more confident.
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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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10 Sep 2004 - Adopt a Tree

Orangutan Appeal UK in conjunction with Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre have introduced a new tree adoption scheme to help fund the rehabilitation of the orphans.

9 Aug 2004 - Police investigate orangutan deaths

Bangkok police are investigating the apparent deaths of 41 orangutans at the city’s Safari World wildlife park.

Full story from the BBC.

20 Apr 2004 - Misouri released

Misouri Misouri arrived at Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in 1997 aged approx 14 or 15 years old. He was a wild born male who had wondered onto a local plantation and was at risk of being shot for crop raiding. In /Sabah the law allows land owners and farmers to protect their property, even if that means shooting an endangered species of animal to do so.
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