• #WildWednesday It's so lovely to share positive news, and this post is about two rehabilitated orphans Justin and Reckie, who are loving life in the Kehje Sewen Forest! Justin was rescued from a local villager who claimed to have found him stranded near his field, and was brought to Samboja Lestari on October 17, 2010, aged three. At the time he was in good health but feared humans indicating that he may not have been held captive for long. After graduating from #OrangutanJungleSchool, Justin was released back to the wild in the Kehje Sewen Forest in April 2017. Since then, Justin has matured greatly and his best friend is Reckie who was released at the same time as he was Reckie was rescued from the Samarinda Botanical Garden, a local tourist location in East Kalimantan. She came to Samboja Lestari on April 5, 2010, when she was a little 1-year-old. Justin and Reckie worked incredibly hard at forest school to learn the skills they needed to live in the wild, and it's a source of great joy for the amazing staff at BOS that they've succeeded so brilliantly! Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans. #Orangutan #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Love #Hope #RedApe
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    #WildWednesday It's so lovely to share positive news, and this post is about two rehabilitated orphans Justin and Reckie, who are loving life in the Kehje Sewen Forest! Justin was rescued from a local villager who claimed to have found him stranded near his field, and was brought to Samboja Lestari on October 17, 2010, aged three. At the time he was in good health but feared humans indicating that he may not have been held captive for long. After graduating from #OrangutanJungleSchool, Justin was released back to the wild in the Kehje Sewen Forest in April 2017. Since then, Justin has matured greatly and his best friend is Reckie who was released at the same time as he was Reckie was rescued from the Samarinda Botanical Garden, a local tourist location in East Kalimantan. She came to Samboja Lestari on April 5, 2010, when she was a little 1-year-old. Justin and Reckie worked incredibly hard at forest school to learn the skills they needed to live in the wild, and it's a source of great joy for the amazing staff at BOS that they've succeeded so brilliantly! Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans. #Orangutan #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Love #Hope #RedApe
  • Meryl šŸ’› Meryl is an orphan undergoing rehabilitation and will hopefully one day be released back to the wild. Orangutans should never be kept as #pets or be forced to perform for or pose with humans. #OrangutanJungleSchool #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #Student #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe
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    Meryl šŸ’› Meryl is an orphan undergoing rehabilitation and will hopefully one day be released back to the wild. Orangutans should never be kept as #pets or be forced to perform for or pose with humans. #OrangutanJungleSchool #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #Student #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe
  • Breaking news! Four more rehabilitated orangutans are headed home to the northern wilds of the Kehje Sewen Forest! This is the 18th release from Samboja Lestari, it's a long and arduous journey, so please join us in wishing the Release Team good luck! More news to follow as and when the Team gets in touch, it's hard to find a wi-fi signal in the jungle! Full candidate bios on our Facebook page. Komo was rescued from a local resident on 24 September 2002, aged four. Gino was surrendered to BOS F on the 6 August 2006 when aged 12 months, by a local resident of Muara who claimed to have found him wandering alone in a timber estate area. Petak arrived at Samboja on 9th August 1998, aged two. She had been illegally kept as a pet by a local resident. Zakir arrived at Samboja on the15th March 2007. He had been illegally held as a pet and had piercings in his ears when he was rescued. Orangutans should never be kept as #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans. #NotAPet #Orangutan #Rescue #Rehab #Release #CriticallyEndangered #Rainforest #Deforestation #OrangutanJungleSchool
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    Breaking news! Four more rehabilitated orangutans are headed home to the northern wilds of the Kehje Sewen Forest! This is the 18th release from Samboja Lestari, it's a long and arduous journey, so please join us in wishing the Release Team good luck! More news to follow as and when the Team gets in touch, it's hard to find a wi-fi signal in the jungle! Full candidate bios on our Facebook page. Komo was rescued from a local resident on 24 September 2002, aged four. Gino was surrendered to BOS F on the 6 August 2006 when aged 12 months, by a local resident of Muara who claimed to have found him wandering alone in a timber estate area. Petak arrived at Samboja on 9th August 1998, aged two. She had been illegally kept as a pet by a local resident. Zakir arrived at Samboja on the15th March 2007. He had been illegally held as a pet and had piercings in his ears when he was rescued. Orangutans should never be kept as #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans. #NotAPet #Orangutan #Rescue #Rehab #Release #CriticallyEndangered #Rainforest #Deforestation #OrangutanJungleSchool
  • #OrangutanJungleSchool graduates Cindy, Yayang, Sayang and their babies all living wild and free, as it should be.Ā šŸ’ž These photos melt our hearts and prove that with a lot of hard work, dreams can come true. These babies will stay with their mothers for 6-8 years, the longest childhood of any mammals other than humans. Orangutan Jungle School continues tomorrow night at 8pm on More4 Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild.Ā  #Orangutan #Orange #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe #WorldRainforestDay
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    #OrangutanJungleSchool graduates Cindy, Yayang, Sayang and their babies all living wild and free, as it should be.Ā šŸ’ž These photos melt our hearts and prove that with a lot of hard work, dreams can come true. These babies will stay with their mothers for 6-8 years, the longest childhood of any mammals other than humans. Orangutan Jungle School continues tomorrow night at 8pm on More4 Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild.Ā  #Orangutan #Orange #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe #WorldRainforestDay
  • Beni update!Ā šŸ˜šŸ’› Happy to report that Beni's doing very well on his diet of less fruit, more greens and watered down milk, and his weight loss means he's improving his forest skills and successfully venturing up into the trees!Ā  Please tune in to More4 at 8pm on Sunday for more #OrangutanJungleSchool shenanigans! Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild.Ā  #Orangutan #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #Student #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe
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    Beni update!Ā šŸ˜šŸ’› Happy to report that Beni's doing very well on his diet of less fruit, more greens and watered down milk, and his weight loss means he's improving his forest skills and successfully venturing up into the trees!Ā  Please tune in to More4 at 8pm on Sunday for more #OrangutanJungleSchool shenanigans! Orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild.Ā  #Orangutan #Rescue #Orphan #Orange #Student #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Rescue #Love #Hope #RedApe
  • Coming up on #OrangutanJungleSchool this Sunday, two orphans named Susanne and Uru join Topan and Taymur in quarantine at the baby house. Susanne's story. On the 2nd of October 2017, BOS rescued 3 year old Susanne, who had reportedly been held captive by local people since she was a tiny baby. The Nyaru Menteng vet, Lia Kristina, was on hand to provide immediate medical care, and she reported that Susanne was in a relatively stable condition, though very underweight. Uru's story. Again in October 2017, BOS received a report that a baby orangutan was being kept illegally in a village a 2-hour drive from Nyaru Menteng. They established a rescue mission and successfully confiscated a 3-year old male infant weighing 7.3 kgs, who they named Uru. A local resident said that he'd found Uru alone near a burned forest area and taken him home. As with almost all of these cases, the likelihood is that Uru's mother was killed and he was taken as a pet. For two years, Uru was kept in a wooden cage and given human food like rice and instant noodles instead of a natural diet, so his overall health was quite poor due to inadequate nutrition. The arrival of Susanne and Uru brought the total of #orphans admitted to Nyaru Menteng to date that year to 18, possibly because of the terrible #fires of 2015 which destroyed vast areas of #forest leaving #orangutans vulnerable to #poachers. The fires were caused by the deadly combination of extreme El Nino conditions and the traditional land clearing method known as slash and burn, andĀ theĀ firesĀ destroyedĀ moreĀ than 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of forest, mainly on the islands of #Sumatra andĀ #Borneo. Some of the babies orphaned at that time and being illegally kept as pets have been found and confiscated by BOS and the Forestry Department, but no one knows how many remain captive.
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    Coming up on #OrangutanJungleSchool this Sunday, two orphans named Susanne and Uru join Topan and Taymur in quarantine at the baby house. Susanne's story. On the 2nd of October 2017, BOS rescued 3 year old Susanne, who had reportedly been held captive by local people since she was a tiny baby. The Nyaru Menteng vet, Lia Kristina, was on hand to provide immediate medical care, and she reported that Susanne was in a relatively stable condition, though very underweight. Uru's story. Again in October 2017, BOS received a report that a baby orangutan was being kept illegally in a village a 2-hour drive from Nyaru Menteng. They established a rescue mission and successfully confiscated a 3-year old male infant weighing 7.3 kgs, who they named Uru. A local resident said that he'd found Uru alone near a burned forest area and taken him home. As with almost all of these cases, the likelihood is that Uru's mother was killed and he was taken as a pet. For two years, Uru was kept in a wooden cage and given human food like rice and instant noodles instead of a natural diet, so his overall health was quite poor due to inadequate nutrition. The arrival of Susanne and Uru brought the total of #orphans admitted to Nyaru Menteng to date that year to 18, possibly because of the terrible #fires of 2015 which destroyed vast areas of #forest leaving #orangutans vulnerable to #poachers. The fires were caused by the deadly combination of extreme El Nino conditions and the traditional land clearing method known as slash and burn, andĀ theĀ firesĀ destroyedĀ moreĀ than 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of forest, mainly on the islands of #Sumatra andĀ #Borneo. Some of the babies orphaned at that time and being illegally kept as pets have been found and confiscated by BOS and the Forestry Department, but no one knows how many remain captive.
  • Today we'd like to introduce you to one of the permanent residents at Samboja Lestari, handsome Bujang. Before he was rescued by the BOS Foundation aged 14, Bujang lived in a circus where he was forced to work as a 'performer'. Tragically, when assessed by the medics, Bujang exhibited no natural behaviours at all, meaning that he could never be returned to the wild as it would have been too dangerous for him, so instead, a special moated island was built for him and a female friend. Bujang doesn't like men very much, probably due to his treatment at the circus, but loves the female staff and is a bit of a show off. You can see probably Bujang on his island if you stay at the Samboja Eco-Lodge or volunteer there through The Great Projects. Bujang's story reminds us that orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild, or in Bujang's case as wild as can be. We want to build more island for the orangutans who can't be released back to the wild, we'll have news about that later in the year. #Orangutan #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Circus #WildlifeCrime #Rescue #Sanctuary #Love #RedApe
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    Today we'd like to introduce you to one of the permanent residents at Samboja Lestari, handsome Bujang. Before he was rescued by the BOS Foundation aged 14, Bujang lived in a circus where he was forced to work as a 'performer'. Tragically, when assessed by the medics, Bujang exhibited no natural behaviours at all, meaning that he could never be returned to the wild as it would have been too dangerous for him, so instead, a special moated island was built for him and a female friend. Bujang doesn't like men very much, probably due to his treatment at the circus, but loves the female staff and is a bit of a show off. You can see probably Bujang on his island if you stay at the Samboja Eco-Lodge or volunteer there through The Great Projects. Bujang's story reminds us that orangutans should never be #pets or forced to perform for or pose with humans, they belong in the wild, or in Bujang's case as wild as can be. We want to build more island for the orangutans who can't be released back to the wild, we'll have news about that later in the year. #Orangutan #CriticallyEndangered #NotAPet #Circus #WildlifeCrime #Rescue #Sanctuary #Love #RedApe
  • Kejora was featured in Sunday's episode of #OrangutanJungleSchool, running away from the clinic. Did you see her? This is Kejora's story and whilst we appreciate that these photos are distressing, we wouldn't be doing Kejora or any of the other orphans justice if we glossed over the facts. In February 2016, a rescue was launched after a report was received that an orangutan was being held captive in an oil palm nursery facility. On arrival, the team found a very small sad and weak female infant chained to the door of an unventilated room which was full of fertilizers and pesticides. She was estimated to be 18 months old and named Kejora. During the investigation into her situation, it was discovered that this poor baby had been held captive in this appalling state for 6 months. The worker who was caring for her said he found her in a small forest area behind the nursery. We know that an orangutan mother would never leave her baby alone, and we have no doubt that her mother must have been killed. The intensive care that Kejora received by the medics and care staff at Nyaru Menteng helped her overcome this terrible ordeal but, as you'll have seen, she still doesn't like being confined, so some mental scars remain. Kejora is friends with Meryl and is doing well at Forest School. Orangutans are not nor should ever be #pets #Deforestation #PalmOil #Orangutans #Orange #Fluffy #Students #Borneo #Adventure #Forest #OrangutanFreedom #Love #Hope #NotAPet #TuesdayTransformation
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    Kejora was featured in Sunday's episode of #OrangutanJungleSchool, running away from the clinic. Did you see her? This is Kejora's story and whilst we appreciate that these photos are distressing, we wouldn't be doing Kejora or any of the other orphans justice if we glossed over the facts. In February 2016, a rescue was launched after a report was received that an orangutan was being held captive in an oil palm nursery facility. On arrival, the team found a very small sad and weak female infant chained to the door of an unventilated room which was full of fertilizers and pesticides. She was estimated to be 18 months old and named Kejora. During the investigation into her situation, it was discovered that this poor baby had been held captive in this appalling state for 6 months. The worker who was caring for her said he found her in a small forest area behind the nursery. We know that an orangutan mother would never leave her baby alone, and we have no doubt that her mother must have been killed. The intensive care that Kejora received by the medics and care staff at Nyaru Menteng helped her overcome this terrible ordeal but, as you'll have seen, she still doesn't like being confined, so some mental scars remain. Kejora is friends with Meryl and is doing well at Forest School. Orangutans are not nor should ever be #pets #Deforestation #PalmOil #Orangutans #Orange #Fluffy #Students #Borneo #Adventure #Forest #OrangutanFreedom #Love #Hope #NotAPet #TuesdayTransformation
  • Valentino, the class clown! He's wearing more of that milk than drinking it! Orangutans are not nor ever should be #pets. Our mission is to one day give back to Valentino the freedom that was stolen from him by the poachers who killed his mother. #Orangutan #Orphan #Rescue #Rehab #Release #ForestFreedom #OrangutanJungleSchool #Student #NotAPet
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    Valentino, the class clown! He's wearing more of that milk than drinking it! Orangutans are not nor ever should be #pets. Our mission is to one day give back to Valentino the freedom that was stolen from him by the poachers who killed his mother. #Orangutan #Orphan #Rescue #Rehab #Release #ForestFreedom #OrangutanJungleSchool #Student #NotAPet