Main photo credit: Travellers Worldwide Instagram Friends of the Orangutans • 6 July 2020 The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) recently confirmed that an exploitive voluntourism programme practised at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) for more than 15 years until early … Continued
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 staff. Published 1 July 2020 Tourism at the Sepilok Orangutan … Continued
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, the peninsular Malaysia wildlife department. The appalling state in which … Continued
Friends of the Orangutans • 5 May 2020 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 ape pathogens. … Continued
Published on 25 May 2020 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) orangutans, Rosa and Ceria, … Continued
Published 23 May 2020. Updated 28 October 2020. Note: Zoo Negara has taken action to comply with the zoo regulations stated below. Click here to view our follow-up article. Zoo Negara, Malaysia’s most popular zoo, apparently has a dark side … Continued
Photo: two young orangutans grab a tourist at the SORC 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 … Continued
On 3 October 2018, an orangutan called Tiger was moved from the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) to the Tabin Wildlife Reserve (TWR) forest and released there. The TWR is a Protected forest in eastern Sabah. Tiger’s release into to … Continued
Published on 5 March 2020. 15 July 2020 update – Travellers Worldwide ceased trading in February 2020. The Sabah Wildlife Department confirmed in June 2020 that members of the public would not be allowed to take part in the rehabilitation process … Continued
Published on 6 November 2019 15 July 2020 update – Travellers Worldwide ceased trading in February 2020. The Sabah Wildlife Department confirmed in June 2020 that members of the public would not be allowed to take part in the rehabilitation process … Continued