Friends of the Orangutans • 27 Jan 2020 Our report ‘Welfare concerns: an analysis of orangutan management at Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island’ raises concerns about the management of the critically endangered Bornean orangutan species at the Bukit Merah Orang Utan … Continued
Talong and Seri are two young Asian elephants at Kemaman Zoo, the only zoo in the east coast Malaysian state of Terengganu. Both elephants were caught in a forest in Terengganu, indicating that they were born in the wild. We … Continued
The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is appealing the public to donate to the controversial state-owned Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. However, it will not show transparency about the future six Sepilok orangutans and has not informed if investigations were carried out … Continued
Published 10 November 2020. Main image: Wasabi (L) and Katarina with their newborn infants Estimated reading time: 3 minutes In December 2019, Katarina, a 16-year-old orangutan, gave birth at the Taiping Zoo & Night Safari. Two months later, 18-year-old Wasabi … Continued
Friends of the Orangutans 30 October 2020 In May this year, Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO) exposed a dark side to Zoo Negara. Unbeknownst to the Malaysian public, the zoo had been keeping most of its chimpanzees and Sumatran orangutans … Continued
Friends of the Orangutans • 23 Oct 2020 In December 2019 and February this year, two orangutans were born at Taiping Zoo & Night Safari, Malaysia. We contacted the zoo’s president in September to ask about its purpose for breeding … Continued
Friends of the Orangutans • 14 October 2020. The featured image above is not of either of the two orangutans mentioned below. The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD), the Sabah state government wildlife agency that manages the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre … Continued
Published on 6 October 2020 Kemaman Recreational Park and Zoo, or simply Kemaman Zoo, is located in the Kemaman district in Terengganu and is about one hour from Kuantan, Pahang. The zoo, opened in 2009, is state-owned and managed by … Continued
Published 18 September 2020. Main image: Two Bornean orangutans at Zoo Negara Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Six years ago, two pandas were imported into Zoo Negara from China. Since then, millions of dollars have been spent on the maintenance … Continued
Friends of the Orangutans • 02 Sept 2020 | Last review • 09 November 2021 There are concerns over the unexplained fate and welfare of six critically endangered orangutans at the controversial Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC). The Sabah state … Continued