In a First, Wild Orangutan Uses Herbal Medicine to Successfully Treat His Wound

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Sumatra: The Orangutan Haven is a Reality!

Dec 5, 2023 — We have some incredible news to share and celebrate! The Swiss NGO PanEco Foundation and its Indonesian partner Yayasan...

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Video: Sumatran Orangutans Molika, Mega, Allysa & Siga Move to the Forest

Orangutan Outreach is incredibly proud to have supported Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) for nearly a decade! SOCP’s work to rescue, care for,...

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2020: New Arrivals at SOCP

Baby Turnip is just one of more than a dozen new arrivals at the SOCP Quarantine in Sumatra. Click on the thumbnails to...

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SOCP Press Release: Three Infant Sumatran Orangutans Confiscated from Smugglers

(All photos © 2019 Ariesta Ketaren SOCP/YEL. Click on the thumbnail to see the full image.) PRESS RELEASE Three infant orangutans confiscated during...

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SOCP: Four Sumatran orangutans to get a second chance at freedom in the wild!

PRESS RELEASE from: 1. Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari – Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (YEL-SOCP) 2. Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Aceh (BBKSDA Aceh,...

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Sighting of Tapanuli orangutan twins raises hope for saving species

In the wild: A Tapanuli orangutan with her twin babies was spotted in May in a tree in Batang Toru forest in Tapanuli,...

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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...

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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...

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