Adopt an Orangutan
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Pingky, Pungky, Mimi & Momo, the newest members of the adoption program!
Pingky
Pingky was chained to a tree for 13 years-- until we brought her to the new Sintang Orangutan Center. We know that many people prefer to adopt a relatively 'easy' and cute young baby but we really would like you to consider the more problematic orangutans like Pingky as well. Please support her. She has been through so much misery during 13 years of being chained up, and it is time for us humans who care about orangutans to make up for Pingky's lost years.
Pungky
Pungky loves climbing high into the trees, swinging from side to side from the top branches and doing stunts. When he is forbidden from doing something he throws temper tantrums, and when he is really upset he will chase the babysitters, creating remarkable speed by rolling over like a wheel, and trying to bite them on their legs! When he cannot catch them he sits down and pretends to cry-- making little squeak sounds. Everybody at the Sintang Orangutan Center loves this little guy!
Mimi & Momo
Momo and Mimi were rescued by Willie Smits and the O Team in May 2010. When Willie found them, they were living in a tiny cage in a hidden bathroom over an open sewer. They were huddled together for dear life and have remained nearly inseparable even after being confiscated and brought to the Sintang Orangutan Center. They are such a hilarious little duo that they immediately gained the nickname “Double Trouble”, as they are very energetic and playful and both have a very big appetite.
Monti
At 6 months old, Monti is the smallest orangutan of the dozen now living at the West Kalimantan rescue center managed by IAR in Ketapang. She was brought to the center after an anonymous caller contacted the local Ketapang forestry officers and told them some rural people had found her all alone in the jungle, but the truth is something altogether different...
Bento & Is
Is (rhymes with 'geese') is smaller than Bento, but is often the dominant one of the pair. He likes to steal food from the more refined Bento, but the two of them often work in tandem to get the better of their keepers, which is why we call them the Tag Team from Tasikoki... You can learn more about them on the Tasikoki page.
Lomon
Lomon spent years chained up in a wooden box, and when he was rescued, he weighed only 1/3 of what he should have. Due in no small part to the love and attention lavished upon him by his caretakers at BOS Nyaru Menteng, Lomon has now gained not only the weight he needed, but also his self-confidence.
Fio
Fio had a tragic start to life. The attempt to rescue her and her mother was only a partial success. Fio’s mother did not survive, but fortunately we were able to give Fio another chance. She gets a ton of love and support from her babysitters at BOS Nyaru Menteng and she is gaining the confidence she needs to become an independent orangutan.
Grendon
Grendon, star of the BBC's Orangutan Diary, steals everyone's heart. Looking remarkably like a Simpsons character, Grendon is a simply delightful little orangutan who loves to joke around with his friends. He's popular with staff and orangutans alike at BOS Nyaru Menteng.
Kesi
Kesi had her hand chopped off when palm oil plantation workers killed her mother with a machete. Now she is the top pupil in Orangutan Forest School at BOS Nyaru Menteng. Champion tree-climbing and nest-builder, Kesi is an excellent role model for newly arrived orphans.
Dodo
Dodo was brought to BOS Wanariset-Samboja Lestari by Indonesian forestry officials when he was less than a year old. His mother, like so many others, had been killed when a palm oil company clearcut their forest home and converted it into an oil palm plantation. He is now in the baby group at Samboja Lestari.
By choosing to become an adoptive parent you will help to ensure that Pingky, Pungky, Mimi, Momo, Fio, Grendon, Kesi, Lomon, Dodo, Monti, Bento & Is as well as nearly 1000 other rescued orangutans will be looked after by Orangutan Outreach, the BOS Foundation and International Animal Rescue. For as little as 30 cents a day, you can give these orangutans a future. Thank you for your support,
Richard Zimmerman, Director of Orangutan Outreach
Payment can be made in full or in monthly installments. After you pay online you will immediately receive an email from us with a link back to our site, where you will be able to download your very own personalized adoption certificate, as well as the full background story of your orangutan(s) and several full color high-resolution photos that are suitable for framing. You will also receive periodic updates and photos of your orangutan(s). If you do not receive the email, please check your spam box, as the email may have been flagged. If it is not there, please email us.
Disclaimers: We are very grateful that you want to adopt an orangutan. Our current system is optimized for doing adoptions online and paying online via Paypal. However, you do not need a Paypal account to make a general donation . You can make a general donation here. All credit card transactions are fully guaranteed by Paypal and your credit card information is fully encrypted by Paypal in order to ensure maximum security. Learn more about Paypal here.
If you have any trouble with the Paypal payment process, please contact us directly. The best way to reach us is via email, but you can reach our New York office at (646) 723-1450. If you do not have access to the internet the other option we can offer you at the moment is to pay via check. Please make the check out to Orangutan Outreach. Send the check to:
Orangutan Outreach
Attn: Richard Zimmerman
225 E 76th St, #6F
New York, NY
USA 10021
Please also email us to let us know that the check will be arriving. Include in that email your name, address, email, and which orangutan(s) you want to adopt. Unfortunately if you do not have an email account you will not able to adopt as we have no adoption material on paper but only via email. We are working on an alternative adoption process but it is not ready yet.
Money collected for orangutans will be used for medicine, food, equipment, rescue operations, cages and hundreds of other items that are necessary to rehabilitate the orangutans and keep the projects going. A minimal amount, however, will be used for administrative costs in the US to continue to build up the organization so that we can rescue & rehabilitate even more orangutans. For more information, please contact us.
Finally, please note that we are making every effort to keep our orangutan adoption campaign as environmentally friendly as possible. We are trying to conserve paper, energy and fuel at all times. Paper envelopes come from trees. Orangutans live in trees. Without trees, orangutans have nowhere to live. We like orangutans better than envelopes. Don't you?
