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Appeal needs help funding critical research 10/09/2004

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!

Police investigate orangutan deaths 09/08/2004

Bangkok police are investigating the apparent deaths of 41 orangutans at the city's Safari World wildlife park. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3548600.stm">Full story from the BBC</a>.

A Successful Borneo Adventure’ 15/04/2004

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.