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How Melaka Zoo failed to show its lone chimpanzee compassion – and what the zoo must now do
Published on 16 September 2020. Main photo: Coco in her enclosure at Melaka Zoo Coco is a chimpanzee who, according to PERHILITAN, the peninsular Malaysia wildlife department, was born at... READ MORE
No transparency from Sabah wildlife authorities on welfare concerns of 6 Sepilok orangutans
Published on 2 September 2020 There is genuine concern over the fate of six orangutans at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC), and the Sabah Wildlife Dept (SWD) is... READ MORE
General public finally barred from involvement with orangutan rehab at Sepilok
Main photo credit: Travellers Worldwide Instagram Published on 6 July 2020 The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) recently confirmed that an exploitive volunteering programme practised at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre... READ MORE
Perilous orangutan tourism resumes at Sepilok amid COVID-19 pandemic
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
Appalling video of gibbon raise concerns about PERHILITAN rescue centres, again
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
COVID-19: Time for change at Sepilok Orangutan Rehab Centre
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