Covita

UPDATE: COVITA HAS BEEN RELEASED! Hooray!!!

Dear little Covita was rescued from life as an illegal pet in August 2020, in the midst of the global pandemic. She was just over 2 years old when she came into the care of the International Animal Rescue Indonesia Foundation (YIARI). Covita was soon placed with an orangutan foster mother named Paini. The two lived together on a rehabilitation island on the grounds of the IAR orangutan center where Paini began teaching Covita all the skills she needs to live in the forest. We were so happy when Covita and Paini were released together to freedom in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park on June 26, 2023. Since Covita is now back in the forest where she belongs, she has officially “graduated” from our adoption program.