Now the 12-week-old male has been taken in by the European specialist orangutan creche at Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre in ...
Budi the baby orangutan was rescued in December after being kept in a chicken cage for months. Now, he is slowly recovering at an animal rehab center in West Borneo. Carly Marsh reports.
Kiwi is the second baby orangutan to join the creche at the Dorset ape rescue centre for orphaned and rejected youngsters in recent weeks. Monkey World Kiwi spent the crossing with her carer from ...
The current foster mother for the baby orangutans is Oshine, who was rescued from South Africa, having been smuggled from the wild and kept as a pet. Another key focus of the centre is to make ...
The team at Monkey World found that when their rescued young orangutans were looked after by a foster mother, they were able to learn mothering skills. “Our creche aims to break the cycle of ...