Adopt an Orangutan

Adopt an Orangutan
As an adoptive parent of our orangutan, your gift will be directed to the San Diego Zoo's animal care and enrichment program. Your love for orangutans can be expressed with a simple donation ranging from $35 to $1,000. Your gift will go directly to the well-being of all our animals at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. San Diego Zoo animal adoptions make great gift for friends, family or for yourself.
Orangutan Enrichment
The orangutans have a much more stylish approach to enrichment items, as they must be worn to be truly appreciated. Endless combinations of T-shirts, palm fronds, blankets, and burlap bags provide just the right amount of style for these famous apes in the Southern California spotlight. In fact, it has gotten to the point that none of the girls - Janey, Indah, and Karen - will dare go out on exhibit without combining their hair with their very own hairbrushes.

Orangutan-The Treasure of Borneo

SEPILOK ORANGUTAN REHABILITATION CENTER SANDAKAN, SABAH AND
SEMENGGOH ORANGUTAN CENTER IN KUCHING, SARAWAK.


Orangutans are only endemic to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. This animal have been recorded to be found to a high altitude of about 2400m (from Mt. Kinabalu). It is a large primate, the adult male (above 15 years) stands about 1.4 metre tall, weighing up to 50 - 100 kg. Females may weigh between 34 - 40 kg.

Orang utans make nests in the trees out of twigs, leaves and small branches in which they sleep in at night. Usually they make a new nest every afternoon, sometimes resting during the day. Orangutans are solitary animal and their main diet consists of fruits, leaves, barks, shoots and birds' egg. Occasionally, they would come down to the ground to look for insects and termites. Orangutans are believed to live between 35 to 40 years or more and during her life span and adult female may give birth to 3 or 4 young with an average of one infant in every 4 years. Gestation period is about 9 months.
The young are slow growing and takes about 5 - 7 years before they become entirely independent and at least 7 -10 years before they are sexually matured.

The Orangutan is one of the world's endangered species. In Sabah, the widespread destruction of its habitat is the principle cause of its declining population. For its survival, the Orangutan appears dependent on primary forest and much of this rich forest have been exploited for plantation areas. As a result, the Orangutan have been driven from their natural habitat and forced into areas, such as mountainous regions, that do not contain sufficient food. The slow and normally rather ponderous movements of the Orangutans also put them at a disadvantage on the ground as they are an easy target to hunters.
The Orangutan is a remarkably quiet and inoffensive creature and is one of the protected primates in Sabah. At present, the Sabah Wildlife Department has taken steps to translocation Orangutans from logging camps and estates to other wildlife sanctuaries throughout the state.

Source : Wildlife of Sabah In Danger, Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah Wildlife Department, 1993
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