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Orangutans are currently listed as “critically endangered,” which is the highest level of endangerment possible for animals in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has its headquarters in Los Angeles, California.Founded by Dr. Birutė Galdikas, one of three anthropologists (The Trimates) to study great apes under the guidance of Dr. Louis Leakey, OFI continues to rescue and rehabilitate orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest.
The ape may have suffered from a skewed species identity and forced copulation is a standard mating strategy for low-ranking male orangutans. [116] American animal trafficker Frank Buck claimed to have seen human mothers acting as wet nurses to orphaned orangutan babies in hopes of keeping them alive long enough to sell to a trader, which would ...
The Orangutan Project also known as The Australian Orangutan Project is a non-profit registered Australian environmental organization [2] established in 1998 by Leif Cocks. . The organization focuses on the conservation of orangutans and the preservation and rehabilitation of their forest habitats, primarily in Indone
Exact population counts are difficult to ascertain, but the World Wildlife Fund estimates there are only 120,000 orangutans left in the wild across all species. They have a low reproductive rate ...
Researchers believe that Rakus most likely sustained the wound in a fight with another male orangutan, which are rare in the area thanks to “high food availability, high social tolerance between ...
The Mawas area is home to one of the last tracts of forest supporting wild orangutans. An estimated 2,550 wild orangutans are found in this area. Mawas is also important for its biodiversity and its geological conditions, including a double peat dome, which make it a storage house of giga-tonnes of sequestered carbon. Over a period of 8,000 ...
Both Bornean and Sumatran species of orangutans are listed as critically endangered in the wild. The two species are facing sharp drops in numbers because of habitat loss, timber cutting and human ...