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We’ve been helping orangutans since 2007 & we need YOUR support. https://linktr.ee/redapes ❤️🦧 501(c)(3): EIN: 26-0521285
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When is enjoying funny animal videos not anthropomorphism? – aeon.co/essays/when-... via @aeon.co
When is enjoying funny animal videos not anthropomorphism? | Aeon Essays
Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism
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July 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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New Video!!! Baby Orangutan Jenny Makes a Friend
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Video: Baby Jenny Makes a Friend! - Orangutan Outreach
This past January, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation welcomed a new baby orangutan at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre. This female orangutan, named... more...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A barefoot Swiss radical took on Malaysia's most powerful politician and lost everything — here's what his sacrifice taught us
I'd spent weeks investigating one of the greatest environmental crimes you've never heard of. In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo,
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July 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Meet Baby Orangutan Nia - Orangutan Outreach
A baby orangutan named Nia recently arrived at the BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. She had been kept as a pet for approximately two weeks before her surrender to authorities.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Three arrested for selling smuggled orangutans from Indonesia www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
Three arrested for selling smuggled orangutans from Indonesia
Three suspects have been arrested for selling orangutans smuggled from Indonesia by speedboat, with expected prices up to 250,000 baht.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Video: Meet Baby Orangutan Momo!
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Video: Meet Baby Orangutan Momo - Orangutan Outreach
Baby Momo was recently rescued by the BOS Foundation. She will soon be joining the nursery school where she will make friends and begin her years-long journey back to the wild... Please support the BO...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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We are still facing the largest attack we've ever seen on public lands.

Sen. Mike Lee still wants to liquidate more than a million acres of public lands – turning them over to the highest bidder.

Call your senators! Urge them to oppose any sell-off of public lands. 📱➡️ (202) 224-3121
Two white mountain goats on a hillside covered in vibrant foliage and evergreen trees. White text in large letters reads: Call your senators and tell them: vote no on this devasting land grab. (202) 224-3121
June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The Senate is still considering the largest sell-off of public lands in U.S. history.

If sold, these special places — and the natural heritage they represent — will be lost forever.

Please keep urging your senators to oppose the sell-off of public lands. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...
Promotional image featuring a 'For Sale' sign in front of a scenic waterfall and rocky landscape with the text: 'A ONE-TIME SALE. A LIFETIME LOSS. Million acres of our public lands could be sold off for profiteering.'
June 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The Trump admin is rolling back the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected more than 58M acres of national forestlands from logging. "If the Trump admin actually revokes the roadless rule, we'll see them in court." - Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans.
Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' protecting 58 million acres of forest land
Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help
'It’s surprisingly similar to what is recommended in humans for the length of a power nap.’
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June 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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How one family made $21 billion destroying the world's oldest rainforest—and they're still fighting over the money
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How one family made $21 billion destroying the world's oldest rainforest—and they're still fighting over the money
While a billionaire family tears itself apart in Malaysian courts, the system that made their fortune grinds on—Borneo's ancient rainforests are still being converted to cash at a staggering pace, and...
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June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed www.resilience.org/stories/2025... @ran.org
Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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UNITED FOR ORANGUTANS: A LASTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORANGUTAN OUTREACH AND THE BOS FOUNDATION
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UNITED FOR ORANGUTANS - Orangutan Outreach
Orangutan Outreach has been proudly supporting the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation since our establishment in 2007. The BOS Foundation cares for more orangutans than... more...
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June 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Crime apparently pays a lot. The devastation, death and destruction caused by these people is unimaginable and unconscionable. The horror. The horror.
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Wilmar Group hands over $725 million in Indonesia palm oil graft case
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Wilmar Group hands over $725 million in Indonesia palm oil graft case
Food company Wilmar Group said on Tuesday it had handed over 11.8 trillion rupiah ($725 million) to Indonesia's Attorney General's Office as a "security deposit" in relation to a case in court about alleged misconduct in obtaining palm oil export permits.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Video: Orangutan Babies Esa and Indri Find Hope Again youtu.be/SDVIoXtOTjE?... via @YouTube
Orangutan Babies Esa and Indri Find Hope Again
YouTube video by Orangutan Outreach ~ redapes.org
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June 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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VIDEO: Jumbo Goes Wild!
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Video: Jumbo Goes Wild! - Orangutan Outreach
Beloved Jumbo, from the Orangutan Outreach Adoption Program, has been released to freedom in the forest of Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park! Let’s take a look at Jumbo’s rehabilitation journey - fr...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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BOSF: 2 Baby Orangutans Rescued in Samboja
BOSF: 2 Baby Orangutans Rescued in Samboja - Orangutan Outreach
Date Posted: June 11, 2025 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team at Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan One evening at 7:00 PM local time, one of... more...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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BOS Nyaru Menteng: 5 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild
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BOS Nyaru Menteng: 5 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild - Orangutan Outreach
The BOS Foundation released 5 more orangutans from Nyaru Menteng back to forest freedom!
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June 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Aiko and Jeni’s New Forest School Adventure
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Aiko and Jeni's New Forest School Adventure - Orangutan Outreach
In the large-group Forest School, seven young orangutans actively play and learn together under the watchful care of our experienced surrogate mothers. It has been two months since these orphans moved...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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A New Life in the Forest: Baby Indro
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A New Life in the Forest: Baby Indro - Orangutan Outreach
In 2024, the BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team observed one of the orangutans frequently visiting the camp— Inung— and her offspring, Indie. However, there was a special surprise in Au...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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VIDEO & PHOTOS: BOS Samboja Lestari: 6 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild
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June 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A new report lists the world’s 25 most endangered primates. Most people have never heard of them.
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A new report, “Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Pri...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Our online orangutan adoption program used to feature a beautiful little orphaned Sumatran baby girl named Molika. She was released back into the wild a few years ago by our partner SOCP —and was recently spotted high up in the canopy! redapes.org/molika-is-li...
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Molika is Living Wild & Free! - Orangutan Outreach
We are so proud of Molika as she has begun her life free in the forest! Molika was last observed on May 1, 2025 by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) Post-Release Monitoring team at ...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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An Illinois Building Was a Bird Killer. A Simple Change Made a World of Difference. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/c...
An Illinois Building Was a Bird Killer. A Simple Change Made a World of Difference.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language – new research theconversation.com/what-the-hid...
What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language – new research
Recursion was thought to be a unique feature of human language.
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May 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM