OFI is first and foremost committed to the conservation of orangutans and their rainforest habitat, but as more and more logging destroys the diverse jungles of Borneo, other species are in increasing danger of disappearing. This has put huge pressure on OFI to help other animals in need of shelter. Two sun bears, a disabled adult female, Denny, and a juvenile male called Kevin are now being fed and cared for by the Orangutan Care [...]

  Care Center   Bear, Enrichment, Volunteer, by Tess Joyce.

Although the main purpose of OFI’s Orangutan Care Center & Quarantine (OCCQ) in Pasir Panjang is to rehabilitate and care for orphan orangutans, there are a surprising number of animals that bear no resemblance to our red-haired primate cousins. Clearly, it is not only orangutans that are falling victim to the ongoing forest destruction and illegal pet trade in Indonesia. Providing care to sun bears, gibbons, macaques, and many other animals that arrive at the [...]

  Care Center   Bear, Gibbons, OCCQ, by Rowan Klaassen.