Friends of the Orangutans is hiring! In our effort to better help orangutans in captivity we are currently looking to recruit a Malaysian on a full time basis: Position Title: Orangutan Liaison Officer Responsibilities: • Assist Malaysian zoos in … Continued
Sign the petition to help Mowgli the orangutan in the Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah. Mowgli, who will turn 13 this year, arrived at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in 2002, at only a month old, after his mother … Continued
Malaysian online paper Free Malaysia Today published a edited version of our Press Release regarding the horror use and exploitation of a ex-rehabilitant orang-utan at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) in Sabah, Malaysia. Mowgli, who will turn 13 this … Continued
Katarina update: She has found to be in good health, physically and mentally, and disease free! Taiping Zoo is now trying to integrate Katarina with the other orangutans in the night den, and all the signs are good so far. … Continued
The Lower Kinabatangan region of Sabah is at risk of more deforestation for palm oil. Orangutans, Borneo pygmy elephants and other animals live in this part of Sabah too. Forests in the Lower Kinabatangan is already much affected by fragmentation … Continued
Friends of the Orangutan wishes to thank all supporters who played a part in getting Katarina transferred from the horrific Kuala Lipis Zoo in the Malaysian Peninsular to Taiping Zoo, 3 hours north of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. This campaign … Continued
Following dialogues between us and two Malaysian zoos, Melaka Zoo and A’Famosa Resort Safari Zoo (both approximately 2 hours south of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur), both have agreed to start enrichment programmes for their orangutans, 11 in total. Just getting … Continued
While imported pandas from China are given VIP treatment daily at Malaysia’s Zoo Negara, Katarina, an orangutan who spends her days alone in squalid and deplorable conditions, is given quite the opposite treatment at the Kuala Lipis Zoo in … Continued
Despite relentless calls by the local communities urging Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) to leave the shores of Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea, the Malaysian palm oil giant remains defiant. In the month of May this year, Friends of the Orangutans … Continued
On 20th May, the National Court of Papua New Guinea ordered the State to cancel two massive land leases claimed by Malaysian palm oil giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK). A total of 38,350 hectares in size, the two large pieces … Continued