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

19 Apr 2004 - 4 Wheel drive Land Rover

New Landrover On 19th April 2004 Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre was presented with a purpose built Land Rover Defender 130 crew cab by the Sepilok Orangutan Appeal UK and Land Rover, in a joint sponsorship deal.

The Centres old 4 wheel drive Mazda, which was used by the Rescue and Relocation Team, became unrepairable several months ago. The Centre had no budget available with which to purchase a new vehicle to enable them to continue this very essential work and therefore the Appeal offered to do its very best to secure one for them.
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15 Apr 2004 - A successul Borneo adventure

On the 31st March, the Appeal ran the very first “Borneo Orang-utan Adventure“, with outstanding success. The adventure, a twelve day echo holiday, was undertaken by people from all walks of life and with an age range of 24 to 58.
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10 Apr 2003 - Tom released

Tom in a box As we travelled out to Sabah in April, I didn’t realise that we were about to make history again!

Our latest project was to relocate an orangutan who had been raiding a nearby village, risking being shot, and was currently being held at Sepilok.

Tom King, was about 28 years old, a full cheek padded, wild born male. Not a happy one at that, as he wanted out!
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1 Mar 2003 - A nurse for the orphan babies

In March 2003 word was received from Sepilok’s Chief Vet saying they had found a suitable candidate for the vacancy of Carer for the very young orphans in the Nursery but the Wildlife Department were unable to provide the funding.
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15 Aug 2002 - Two females released

Helicopter On August 15th 2002 a team of five appeal members, Sue Sheward, Anne Seviour (Secretary), Lynda and Malcolm Averill (Northern Branch) and Avril Nelson arrived in Sabah, ready to carry out our next Project – the release of two female orangutans into Tabin Reserve.

Tabin is a reserve twice the size of Singapore and where we released King in July 2001. This release was going to be a little bit special as the BBC were filming the whole event for inclusion in their new series Serious Jungle.
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