January 19, 2018
Albino Alba and Friend Kika Released to the Wild!
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team December 21, 2018 — Following a long and arduous 16-hour journey over land and by river, on Wednesday, 19… more…
Blog Archives
January 15, 2018
BOSF: Orangutans Tiny and Ajeng Get Cosy in Kehje Sewen
January 15, 2018 Unexpected Encounter The BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest recently set out before… more…
January 12, 2018
BOS Foundation Kicks Off New Year with Orangutan Release
January 12, 2018 — In collaboration with the Central Kalimantan BKSDA, the BOS Foundation has started 2018 with the release of four orangutans into Bukit… more…
January 9, 2018
BOS Nyaru Menteng 21st Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
January 9, 2018 — The BOS Foundation is getting off to a fast start in 2018! They are releasing another group of four orangutans from… more…
January 8, 2018
Support the BOS Orangutan Post-Release Monitoring Teams
January 8, 2018 — Successfully releasing orangutans is a lot more complicated than simply opening cage doors and setting orangutans free in the forest. Preparing… more…
January 4, 2018
Ung: Ninja of Kehje Sewen
January 4, 2018 — Every day the BOS Samboja post-release monitoring teams based in the forest work hard to observe and record behavioral data on… more…
December 29, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng: One Week Post-Rescue, Babies Alejandra And Rachel Are Doing Well
December 29, 2017 — We are happy to report that the two female baby orangutans rescued last weekend by the BOS Nyaru Menteng team are… more…
December 16, 2017
BOSF Bids Farewell to 2017 with Release of Eight Orangutans
December 15, 2017 — As the year comes to an end, the BOS Foundation is still working full steam ahead on its #OrangutanFreedom campaign. With… more…
December 12, 2017
BOS Samboja: Island Freedom for Papa the Orangutan!
December 11, 2017 — Papa was repatriated from Taiwan and arrived at the BOS Samboja Lestari rehabilitation centre on September 1, 1994, at the age… more…
December 12, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng 20th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
December 12, 2017 — In line with the #OrangutanFreedom campaign that aims to introduce 100 orangutans to natural habitat this year, the BOS Foundation today… more…
December 5, 2017
BOS Samboja: Santa’s December Homecoming
December 5, 2017 — Celebrating World Wildlife Conservation Day and our #OrangutanFreedom campaign, together with the East Kalimantan BKSDA, we are delighted to have released… more…
December 4, 2017
BOS Samboja Lestari: 14th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
December 3, 2017 — #OrangutanFreedom is still going strong and the BOS Foundation is getting ready to release 5 orangutans into the Kehje Sewen Forest… more…
December 1, 2017
BOS: The King of Kehje Sewen Makes an Appearance
November 29, 2017 — The BOS Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team to the south of Camp Nies Mamse was recently delighted to pick up Kumar’s… more…
November 27, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng: Seven More Orangutans Enter ‘University’
November 27, 2017 — BOS is moving full steam ahead with the reintroduction programs and at the new release site in Central Kalimantan in the… more…
November 23, 2017
Fall 2017 Newsletter: Celebrating 10 years of Saving Orangutans!
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November 22, 2017
BOS Orangutan Release Update: Expectant Mothers Meklies, Ebol Getting Ready to Give Birth!
November 22, 2017 — We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of new orangutan family members in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest (Batikap). In August, the… more…
November 16, 2017
VIDEO: Check out the Borneo Nature Foundation’s New Forest Boardwalk!
Orangutan Outreach is thrilled to have been able to provide funds for the Borneo Nature Foundation’s NEW FOREST BOARDWALK. Located in Sabangau National Park in… more…
November 16, 2017
PODCAST: Tranquility du Jour #409: Orangutan Outreach
Orangutan Outreach with Richard Zimmerman. In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, we discuss our love of red apes, what it’s like to spend time with… more…
November 15, 2017
Friendship in the Forest: The Story of Released Orangutans Belinda, Long and Arief
November 15, 2017 — On Tuesday morning, three of our PRM team from Camp Nles Mamse – Luy, Cohel and Valerie – headed toward the… more…
November 14, 2017
BOS Foundation Releases 12 Orangutans to BBBR-NP Including 2 Repatriated from Thailand
14 November 2017 — The BOS Foundation’s #Orangutanfreedom campaign is still going strong and they have just released another 12 orangutans to the Bukit Baka… more…
November 8, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng 19th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
8 November 2017 — In line with the #OrangutanFreedom campaign that aims to introduce 100 orangutans to natural habitat this year, the BOS Foundation today… more…
November 6, 2017
SOCP Press Release: New Orangutan Species Discovered in Northern Sumatra: Tapanuli
PRESS RELEASE — November 3, 2017 Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme New Great Ape Species Described: the Tapanuli Orangutan A team of Indonesian and international scientists… more…
November 1, 2017
VIDEO: BOS Nyaru Menteng Takes in Another Baby Orangutan
1 November 2017 — Several days ago BOS received a report that a baby orangutan was being kept illegally in a village called Lawang Uru,… more…
November 1, 2017
VIDEO: BOS Nyaru Menteng: Update on Newest Rescued Babies Susanne and Topan
Following the rescue of two baby orangutans by BOS Foundation Nyaru Menteng and the Central Kalimantan BKSDA earlier this month, we are happy to report… more…
October 25, 2017
BOS News: Released Orangutans Thriving, Producing Next Generation in Batikap
The BOS Foundation has released more than 170 orangutans to the Bukit Batikap conservation forest in Central Kalimantan since 2012, giving rescued orangutans a second… more…
October 13, 2017
BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Team Rescues 2nd Baby Orangutan in 2 Days!
13 October 2017 — Just a day after rescuing a 3-year old female, a joint rescue team from BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan BKSDA… more…
October 13, 2017
BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Team Rescues 18th Baby Orangutan in 2017
12 October 2017 — A joint rescue team from the BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan BKSDA rescued another baby orangutan, who we estimate to… more…
September 14, 2017
SOCP Press Release: First wild infant born at Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in Jantho, Aceh
September 11th 2017 — Whilst on a routine patrol in the Jantho Nature Reserve, in Aceh, Indonesia, a team from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme… more…
September 8, 2017
BOS Foundation Rescues Another Baby Orangutan
September 8, 2017 – Tragically, orphaned orangutans continue to arrive at the rescue centers in Borneo and Sumatra. On August 27, the BOS Foundation and the… more…
August 25, 2017
BOS Baby House: Move-In Day for 16 Babies
The new Baby House at Nyaru Menteng is finally open! A day after Indonesia’s Independence Day, 16 baby orangutans have moved into their new home.… more…
August 25, 2017
BOS Samboja: Freedom for Romeo
Date Published: June 08, 2017 Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team Freedom is a basic right, which we may at times take for granted. But… more…
August 1, 2017
BOS NYARU MENTENG 18th ORANGUTAN RELEASE CANDIDATE PROFILES
August 01, 2017 — In line with the #OrangutanFreedom campaign that aims to introduce 100 orangutans to natural habitat this year, the BOS Foundation today… more…
June 21, 2017
BOS Orangutan Releases: Mama Cindy and Baby Riwut
June 21, 2017 — Cindy and Riwut, a mother-infant pair, have been living in Central Kalimantan’s Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest for almost four years now.… more…
June 12, 2017
BOS Samboja: Ung’s Encounter with a Wild Male
June 12, 2017— Ung is one of six orangutans released by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation into the Kehje Sewen Forest on April 26. Due… more…
June 7, 2017
BOS Samboja: Elisa and Wardah Enjoying Life in Kehje Sewen
June 05, 2017 — The BOS Post-Release Monitoring team from Camp Lesik, the northernmost camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), recently… more…
May 24, 2017
BOS Foundation Marks 60th Anniversary of Central Kalimantan Province with an Orangutan Release
May 24, 2017 — BOS Foundation has released six more orangutans to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (BBBR-NP) in Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan.… more…
May 22, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng Set To Release 6 More Orangutans!
The BOS Foundation, in cooperation with the Central Kalimantan BKSDA, is preparing to release six more rehabilitated orangutans from Nyaru Menteng to the Bukit Baka… more…
May 1, 2017
BOS Foundation Rescues Albino Orangutan
1 May 2017 — The BOS Foundation, in cooperation with Central Kalimantan BKSDA, has successfully rescued a 5-year-old female orangutan in Tanggirang village, Kapuas Hulu… more…
April 22, 2017
Spring 2017 Newsletter: Mimi Goes Wild!
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April 21, 2017
Love the Leuser
BUILDING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT TO SAVE A GLOBAL TREASURE The Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia is a world-class wonderland covering over 6.5 million acres of… more…
April 20, 2017
OIC: Another Day, Another Rescue
Baby orangutan locked in a cage for a year rescued by OIC’s HOCRU team 20 April 2017 — A baby orangutan estimated to be around… more…
April 19, 2017
COP Rescues Orangutan Trapped in Roaring Rapids
Epic. This is about life or death. Orangutans like water, but they don’t know how to swim and they don’t like to submerge themselves in… more…
April 17, 2017
News from IAR Ketapang: Mimi Goes Wild
We are thrilled to share with you some very exciting news! Mimi has been released back into the forest! Mimi was confiscated from illegal pet… more…
April 13, 2017
Westwood Intermediate Students Save Orangutans
We want to give a giant shout-out to Westwood Intermediate students Annika, Loryn and Piper for creating such an awesome school project to help the… more…
March 24, 2017
Check out the Spring 2017 Orangutan Adoption Updates!
We are so excited to present the first set of orangutan adoption updates of 2017. Log into your account to the latest pics of your adopted… more…
March 24, 2017
Sumatran UNESCO World Heritage Site Facing New Wave of Destruction
Press Release — Friday 24th March 2017 A consortium of NGOs has released a report to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre calling for urgent intervention… more…
February 17, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng 16th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
17 February 2017 — To launch the #FREEDOM campaign, the BOS Foundation in joint cooperation with the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Agency (BKSDA) is reintroducing… more…
February 3, 2017
BOS Nyaru Menteng: Released Orangutans Thriving in Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest
Text by Vet Agus Fahroni, BOS Nyaru Menteng Medical Team Coordinator Learn more about the BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Release Program FEBRUARY 2, 2017 —… more…
January 27, 2017
New Year, New Rescue: Baby Jacqui Arrives at BOS Nyaru Menteng
JANUARY 27, 2017 — On January 12, the BOS Nyaru Menteng team embarked on its first rescue mission of the year to save an infant… more…
December 8, 2016
BOS has a NEW Orangutan Island!
Pre-Release Salat Nusa Islands Finally in Use BOS Nyaru Menteng’s goal of utilizing the Salat Nusa islands as a new pre-release area for rehabilitated orangutans… more…
December 6, 2016
Amazing MUST-SEE 360° Video from IAR Ketapang
National Geographic VR takes you inside IAR Ketapang to see what it takes to teach a baby orangutan how to be an orangutan. Be sure… more…
December 6, 2016
BOS Nyaru Menteng 15th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
December 6, 2016 — The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is working with the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) to release another 11… more…
October 25, 2016
BOS Foundation Successfully Releases Eight More Orangutans
The BOS Foundation is celebrating yet another successful release of rehabilitated orangutans from Nyaru Menteng to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya (BBBR) National Park in… more…
September 30, 2016
Orangutan Outreach Fall 2016 Newsletter: BACK TO FOREST SCHOOL!
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August 24, 2016
BOS Foundation: First Orangutan Release in BBBR National Park
AUGUST 18, 2016 — In commemoration of National Natural Conservation Day, which falls on August 10 annually, the BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan Natural… more…
May 6, 2016
Video and Photos from the 12th BOS Orangutan Release
Learn more about the Release Program here. The Orangutans Need Your Help! Please make a donation to BOS Nyaru Menteng today! Donate to BOS Nyaru… more…
April 20, 2016
Orangutan Outreach Youth Ambassador Allison Boyer to Appear on Nickelodeon’s ‘The Halo Effect’
NICKELODEON’S THE HALO EFFECT HONORS CHICO, CALIF., TEEN ALLIE BOYER FOR HER EFFORTS TO HELP ENDANGERED ORANGUTANS, PREMIERING FRIDAY, APRIL 22, AT 8:30 P.M. (ET/PT)… more…
April 12, 2016
BOS Nyaru Menteng Releases 12 More Orangutans!
APRIL 12, 2016 — In its 25th anniversary year, and in celebration of Earth Day on 22 April, the BOS Foundation will journey with 12… more…
March 29, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio Visits SOCP in Sumatra, Indonesia
Leonardo DiCaprio Visits Endangered Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia, Throws His Support Behind Local Efforts to Protect Rainforest The globally important Leuser Ecosystem, threatened by palm… more…
March 17, 2016
Reality Check Podcast: Listen to Richard From Orangutan Outreach Speak About Orangutan Rehabilitation
Listen to the Podcast! Richard Zimmerman of Orangutan Outreach (@redapes on twitter) talks with host Craig Price about orangutan rehabilitation. As any listener or follower… more…
March 17, 2016
Are Wild Orangutans Self-Medicating Their Burn Wounds?
The Powers of Pantung Text by: Eko Prasetyo, BMP (Best Management Practices) Staff Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation MARCH 17, 2016 — Under clear November skies,… more…
March 16, 2016
BOS Baby House: Meet Baby Kejora
Very sadly, young orphaned orangutans keep arriving at BOS Nyaru Menteng. On February 1st, the BOS Foundation once again collaborated with the Central Kalimantan BKSDA… more…
February 25, 2016
Camp Leakey’s ‘cocktail’ orangutans leave researchers shaken and stirred
By Graham L. Banes 25 February 2016 — As their rainforest habitat continues to be destroyed, increasing numbers of orphaned and displaced orangutans are taken… more…
February 3, 2016
BOS News: Orangutans in Conservation Forest Still Under Threat
January/February 2016 – Loss of habitat and hunting continue to pose a major threat to the survival of orangutans in Indonesia. Just recently, a joint… more…
February 2, 2016
BOS Orangutan Release Update: Hilltop Romance
Jan/Feb 2016 – Recently two of our team members made the journey up into the hills in the northern area of our main transects in… more…
January 21, 2016
BOS rescues orangutans threatened by forest fires and shrinking habitat
Please make a donation to BOS Nyaru Menteng today. PHOTOS CONTINUE BELOW ARTICLE By DITA ALANGKARA — View the original story at the Associated Press.… more…
January 21, 2016
SOCP Update: From Cage to Nest— Happy 5th Birthday to Ganteng!
Happy Birthday Ganteng! 21st January 2011, 5 years ago, Ganteng was born with his twin sister ‘Ginting’. After a year of ups and downs, Ian… more…
November 25, 2015
Thanks for Giving to the Orangutan Outreach Emergency Fire Fund
In a time of desperate need, we asked and YOU responded. Thanks to YOU, orangutan lives have been saved. We are so grateful for your… more…
November 24, 2015
BOS Press Release: Another Baby Orangutan Smuggled to Kuwait Returns Home
Another Baby Orangutan Smuggled to Kuwait Returns Home The Indonesian Government, represented by the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation of the Ministry… more…
November 17, 2015
SOCP Press Release: 3 Confiscated Baby Orangutans Arrive Safely at Quarantine Center in North Sumatra
Dara, Raja and Sultan at the SOCP quarantine center. Photo ©SOCP The Orangutans Need Your Help! Please make a donation to SOCP today! Visit the… more…
November 13, 2015
BOS Nyaru Menteng Release News: Four Mother-Infant Orangutan Pairs Adapt Well in Batikap
On two consecutive days in August the BOS Foundation Nyaru Menteng team successfully released orangutans once again into the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest, Central Kalimantan… more…
October 20, 2015
Illegally smuggled infant Sumatran Orangutans confiscated by Malaysian Authorities return to Indonesia for return to the wild
Please support the SOCP Baby House! Please make a donation to SOCP today! Visit the SOCP website. Donate to SOCP via PayPal Press Release From:… more…
October 11, 2015
BOS News: Baby Orangutan Illegally Smuggled to Kuwait is Safely Repatriated to Indonesia
OCTOBER 10, 2015 — The Indonesian Government represented by the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry… more…
October 8, 2015
Emergency Fire Fund — BORNEO IS BURNING!
It’s fire season and the El Niño weather pattern is wreaking havoc in Borneo. Palm oil companies and small land holders are setting fires that… more…
September 17, 2015
Nest in Peace, Beautiful MJ
We are deeply saddened by the passing this week of beautiful MJ, a remarkable orangutan who lived at the Milwaukee County Zoo. MJ was part of… more…
September 14, 2015
SOCP PRESS RELEASE: Historic legal case for the Leuser Ecosystem’s Tripa Peat Swamps finally won
From the Coalition Team for the Protection of the Tripa Peat Swamps (TKPRT) Historic legal case for the Leuser Ecosystem’s Tripa Peat Swamps finally won… more…
August 26, 2015
BOS Nyaru Menteng Releasing 20 More Orangutans
11th ORANGUTAN RELEASE CANDIDATE PROFILES AUGUST 2015 — In commemoration of International Orangutan Day on 19th August, BOS Foundation is releasing another 20 orangutans from… more…
August 4, 2015
OO Youth Ambassador Allie Boyer in the News
Saving the apes Local teenager’s decade-long effort to help the endangered orangutan take off By Ernesto Rivera This article was published on 07.30.15 on NewsReview.com.… more…
July 12, 2015
Orangutan trader gets 2 years in prison and IDR 10 million fine in Medan, North Sumatra
Press Release From Wildlife Conservation Society – Indonesia Program (WCS-IP) Medan, Sumatra (Indonesia) July 6 2015 – Orangutan trader, Vast Haris Nugroho was sentenced to… more…
May 15, 2015
Hopewell Students Bring Orangutans Hope!
For the past five years Orangutan Outreach has had the amazing support of the students from Hopewell Avenue Public School in Ottawa, Canada. Every year… more…
April 20, 2015
BOS Nyaru Menteng Update: Tarzan— King of the Jungle!
On the 28th February, four new orangutans (Mentos, Compost, Dewi, and Jatihan) were released into the wild in the Batikap protected forest area (read the… more…
April 16, 2015
BOS NYARU MENTENG 11th ORANGUTAN RELEASE: CANDIDATE PROFILES
On Earth Day, 22 April 2015, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation will release another 8 orangutans to Bukit Batikap Conservation forest, Central Kalimantan. Below you… more…
April 16, 2015
OIC Press Release: Dramatic Rescue of Large Male Orangutan from Threatened Leuser Ecosystem
Sumatran orangutan rescued by joint conservation effort as habitat continues to be threatened by illegal land use and planning in Aceh Province of Indonesia. On… more…
February 27, 2015
BOS Nyaru Menteng 10th Orangutan Release Candidate Profiles
26 February 2015 — Five more orangutans will soon be living in Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest. They have now embarked on their final journey from… more…
January 9, 2015
SOCP Press Release: Return to wild of formerly blind Sumatran orangutan mother of twins after ground-breaking surgery
Please support Gober & the Twins: https://redapes.org/gober January 9th, 2015, Medan, Indonesia — On Monday January 5th 2015, Gober, a formerly blind orangutan mother of… more…
December 23, 2014
Court Rules Orangutan Held In Argentina Zoo Is ‘Non-Human Person’ And Can Be Freed
This story has gone viral all over the world. Orangutan Outreach is thrilled to hear about the Argentinian court’s decision regarding Sandra. Hopefully this will… more…
September 24, 2014
President of Indonesia put to the test at UN Climate Summit over imminent deforestation
NGOs issue a plea for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cut carbon pollution by protecting the world renowned Leuser Ecosystem New York, NY – Today… more…
September 23, 2014
Indonesia’s President inundated with calls to protect iconic Leuser Ecosystem
PRESS RELEASE Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Green Legacy Stands or Falls on Protection of the Leuser Ecosystem, NGOs say [Jakarta, Sept. 22] In the… more…
September 20, 2014
BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Release Update
Each day the BOS Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team based out of Camp Totat Jalu in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest is responsible for the… more…
September 18, 2014
International Day of Action for Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem
Dear friends of the Leuser Ecosystem, The Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia is in grave danger. Local politicians want to allow… more…
August 29, 2014
Orphaned Orangutans Keep Arriving at BOS Nyaru Menteng
In the last two months, five orphaned baby orangutans have been given sanctuary at the BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue & Rehabilitation Center. All of… more…
August 8, 2014
Press Release: 5 Wild Orangutans Returned to their Natural Habitat
8 August 2014 — Five wild orangutans who were rescued from an oil palm plantation and residential area by the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation… more…
July 30, 2014
Baby Orangutan Rickina Inspires Birthday Girl Sophie Rose
At Orangutan Outreach, we strongly believe that young people can make a big difference in the fight to save orangutans! Meet our Youth Ambassador. With… more…
July 28, 2014
New Video: Walking the Plank
Check out our latest video: Walking the Plank – OuTrop & Orangutan Outreach Orangutan Outreach is thrilled to be working with OUTROP — the Orangutan… more…
July 28, 2014
BOSF: Tracking Released Orangutans
An Expedition to Radio Track Wider-Ranging Orangutans For the past 2 years the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation has been releasing dozens of orangutans into a… more…
July 17, 2014
Shout-Out to the Kids at Hopewell Ave Public School
We’d like to give a special shout-out to all our friends at Hopewell Avenue Public School in Ottawa, Canada. Teacher Marion Shynal has been promoting… more…
July 14, 2014
2014 Borneo Orangutan Caring Scholarships Awarded
The Orangutan Caring Scholarship (OCS) program was established in 2006 as a collaborative program of the Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) and two Indonesian implementing… more…
July 10, 2014
Baby Ruru’s First Steps Toward Freedom
On 11 June 2014, the rain was pouring down as the BOS Foundation Rescue Team from Nyaru Menteng headed towards the city of Sampit. In… more…
July 3, 2014
Orangutan Outreach featured in Today’s Dietitian
2 July 2014 — Orangutan Outreach is featured in the July issue of Today’s Dietitian! [Vol. 16, No. 7, P. 20] Can’t find it on… more…
June 30, 2014
Lone Dröscher Nielsen Knighted by Prince of Denmark
30 June, 2014 — Hamlet the Orangutan could not be prouder of his adopted Danish mom! Today the Danish wildlife conservationist Lone Dröscher Nielsen, founder… more…