Main photo credit: Travellers Worldwide Instagram   The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) recently confirmed that an exploitive volunteering programme practised at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) for more than 15... READ MORE

Main photo: SORC visitor photographs an orangutan up close. Her face mask is in her hand. The person on the left, with a cane in his hand, is an SWD... READ MORE

The animal in the image above is an Agile gibbon, an endangered species, at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Sungkai, Perak. It is a government-owned centre managed by PERHILITAN,... READ MORE

Over the years, researchers have provided ample evidence that great apes, including orangutans, are susceptible to human diseases, including respiratory ones. Humans are also known to be vulnerable to great... READ MORE

Based on an October 2019 Borneo Post news report, it appears that the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is planning to move two “rehabilitated” yet humanised (over habituation to, and/or overdependency on, humans)... READ MORE

Zoo Negara, Malaysia’s most popular zoo, apparently has a dark side to it – housing orangutans and chimpanzees in inhumane conditions and not complying with the law. The zoo is... READ MORE