AMAZING NEWS! We are delighted to report that after years of rehabilitation at our centre, six rescued orangutans have been returned to freedom in the Bornean rainforest. This incredible release operation was carried out in collaboration with the local forestry department and required strength and determination from everyone involved in making it possible. Our release team left the centre at 06:00am and travelled non stop for 17 hours to reach the office of the National Park. The following morni

This rescue centre in Borneo takes care of baby orphan orangutans and makes sure they are fit to survive in the wild. In rehabilitation centre some of the orangutans even learn using human tools! Watch more Meet The Orangutans on discovery 👉: https://bit.ly/3qYYfW9 | Love Animals

ORANGUTAN RESCUE! This dramatic footage was taken during the recent rescue of Riam, a young orangutan that was trapped in a fragmented area of land surrounded by roads and housing. Fires in 2015 destroyed most of the orangutan habitat in this region, forcing orangutans like Riam to search for food on farmland. This put Riam at risk of conflict with the locals, as he was eating their sugar cane crops. After receiving reports from the locals, our Orangutan Protection Unit were immediately dispatch

This orangutan won over Ellen DeGeneres's heart and enchanted viewers around the world, but shortly after, people saw a very different reality from the one that they had tried to portray in that interview. The question, then, rose: Was BamBam's appearance in The Ellen Show cute or did it imply animal mistreatment? | The Kiwi

What were we thinking having me do a 5 minute interview with an Orangutan on the show? | Ellen DeGeneres