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NGO Summit in Jakarta - Call for Law Enforcement Against Illegal Activity Destroying Tripa’s Peat Swamps Escalates
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NGO Summit held today in Jakarta INDONESIA
Call for Enforcement of Law against illegal activity destroying Tripa’s Peat Swamps continues to escalate

Amesville third-graders raising money to help orangutans
We would like to thank Mrs. Jadey Gilmore and her amazing students for all their hard work and dedication to helping orangutans.  We are so proud of them! They  raised an incredible $750 for orangutans!  The children are now the adoptive parents of Monti, Pingky, Pungky, Neng, Oscarina, Mimi & Momo!    
~ Team OO  {:(|}  {:(|)  27 March 2012

Originally Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
By CASEY S. ELLIOTT

Palm oil case against 'Green Governor' in Indonesia heats up

By Rhett A. Butler
View the source: mongabay.com
March 22, 2012


Sumatran orangutan in the Leuser rainforest. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Yahoo: Apps for Apes: Orangutans using iPads to paint and video chat with other apes

By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Source: Yahoo News

Orangutans across the world may soon join the ranks of millions of humans as proud owners of new iPads. As strange as that may sound, a conservation group is testing its "Apps for Apes" program, allowing orangutans to communicate with each other remotely via the iPad's video chat technology.

Toronto Zoo orangutans may get iPad
By Valerie Hauch
Feb 29, 2012
Source: Toronto's Star.com

When the tire swing or the rope hammock no longer entice, what’s a bored orangutan to do? Reach for the iPad, because there’s an app for that ape.

The Toronto Zoo is at “the top of the list’’ to get a donated iPad from Orangutan Outreach, a conservation group spearheading an Apps for Apes program.

Apps for Apes seeks iPads for Toronto Zoo

Feb 29, 2012
View the Source: CBC News

A female orangutan who resides at the Toronto Zoo could use a donated iPad to connect with her female offspring who was shipped away to Memphis two years ago.

That’s according to Richard Zimmerman, founder of Apps for Apes, a program focused on getting a few of Apple's tablet computers donated for use at the zoo.

APES GET APPS AND IPADS

By Tracy Staedter
Feb 28, 2012 
View the Source: Discovery News

Orangutans are considered to be one of the most intelligent of all primates. And so maybe it's no surprise, then, that app developers are now creating programs for these animals. It's not a marketing scheme, but a way to stimulate the apes. As part of Orangutan Outreach, founder Richard Zimmerman has donated iPads to zoos in Milwaukee, Florida, Houston and Atlanta.

iPads for orangutans: Program at Toronto Zoo would let apes use tablets for art and socializing
BY DAN NEUTEL, FOR POSTMEDIA NEWS
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
View the Source: Canada.com

Orangutans at the Toronto Zoo may soon be monkeying around with Apple's iconic iPad as a way to stimulate them and foster "primate play dates."

Orangutans and gorillas go bananas for tablet computers

And offer zoo researchers insight into their brains

By Kate Lunau
February 23, 2012
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