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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

1 Mar 2002 - New night nursery

Old night nursery The team left for Sepilok on 8th March with two tasks at hand, firstly the commissioning of the stainless steel caging for the nursery and secondly the maintenance of the exercise enclosure which we built exactly one year ago.

Arriving at Sepilok was like “coming home”, everyone was so pleased to see us and it only took a glance at the enclosure to realise the maintenance was not happening one day too early. The corrosive weather conditions in Sabah make it essential for equipment to be regularly protected and with such limited resources Sepilok find this an impossible task. Armed with scrappers, paint and brushes our team set about work to remove the old paint, renew the protection coat and apply the final finish, a task that took the team 5 days.
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23 Jul 2001 - Releasing King

King The Rehabilitation Centre was buzzing with excitement the day we arrived in Sabah, for it meant King Ghaz, a male orangutan in his prime, would at last be returned to the wild.

For a number of months, King had been confined to a holding cage after he began to display territorial aggression in the area of the reserve surrounding the centre.
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21 Feb 2001 - A new nursery

Old excercise enclosure Our project was to construct a large exercise enclosure for the young orphan Orangutans. The existing pen was totally inadequate, too small and cramped.

The task was a timely one as in the last two months the old cage had become unusable. It had rusted and frayed and the orphans had to spend long periods of time in small indoor cages, where exercise and climbing practice was impossible.
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