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In the press
2025
The Star - UK charity marks 25 years of orangutan conservation in Sabah
Daily Express - Orangutan Appeal UK marks 25 years of conservation in Sabah
Borneo Post - Orangutan Appeal UK celebrates 25 years of conservation efforts in Sabah
Daily Express - NGO’s RM14 million boost for orangutans
2024
Lymington Times - Late TV star Paul O’Grady leaves Brockenhurst charity Orangutan Appeal UK £50,000 in his will
Daily Echo - Brockenhurst charity receives £50,000 in Paul O'Grady's will
Lymington Times - Year in review: Looking back on the A&T headlines of 2024
2023
The Borneo Post - No illegal hunting of orang utans in last three years in Sabah
First News - Issue 908 - Orangutan Caring Week
Lymington Times - Brockenhurst-based Orangutan Appeal UK pays tribute to late comedian and TV host Paul O'Grady
Wales247 - Betws-y-Coed businesses raise nearly £40,000 for charity
2021
The Star - Four elephants get new home at elephant sanctuary in Sabah
The Parliament Magazine - Can palm oil truly be sustainable? Malaysia offers a certification model we've been waiting for
The Environmental Magazine - Help save an elephant with your next food or cosmetic purchase
The Daily Express - International army of women battling to save the orangutan
The Metro - Orangutan sums up how much we all hate doing Covid tests
2020
The House of Commons - Early Day Motion - special recognition of Orangutan Appeal UK
Malaysiakini - Sepilok ensures survival of orangutans
The Guardian - Coronavirus poses lethal threat to great apes, experts warn
EcoWatch - COVID-19 could threaten already vulnerable great apes
The Ecologist - Orangutans' existence threatened by coronavirus
2019
New Sabah Times - Foster bonds with wildlife
Borneo Today - Stop ivory sales worldwide to stop elephant massacre
Borneo Today - Sue honoured with PGDK award at Sabah Head of State's Birthday
The Star - Sue receives Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK) award which carries the title of Datuk
New Straits Times - NGO gives RM10k to SWD over arrest of elephant killers
Borneo Today - RM10k reward to SWD
Malay Mail - Sabah Deputy CM hopes elephant killer informant will be rewarded
Borneo Post - International NGO pledges RM10k reward
Daily Express - Bounty for elephant killer now at RM35,000
The True Net - RM30k reward for info on pygmy elephant's killer
The Star - Bounty for pygmy elephant killers now at RM30,000 thanks to UK-based NGO
New Straits Times - Sabah elephants on brink of extinction if killing continues
Donation of three rescue vehicles:
New Straits Times - Devoting her life to saving the orangutan - Sue's conservation work is praised
New Straits Times - "A true friend of the orangutan" - Sue talks about receiving her MBE