Adopt an Orangutan
By choosing to become an adoptive parent of an orangutan you will be helping to ensure that Oscarina, Monti, Pingky, Pungky, Neng, Mimi & Momo -- as well as all the other rescued orangutans will be cared for by International Animal Rescue at the Ketapang Rescue Center. For as little as 30 cents a day, you can give these orangutans a future. Thank you for your support,
Richard Zimmerman
Director of Orangutan Outreach
When the vet team from International Animal Rescue was called to come and get a baby called Oscar, the first thing they noticed when they arrived in the village was that 'he' was actually a 'she'! So Oscar became Oscarina! The poor little girl had a high fever, her skin was dried up and shriveled, and her hair was falling out... The professional vets and highly trained staff at IAR Ketapang quickly got her on antibiotics and a proper diet. She is now getting stronger every day and her lustrous red hair is growing in beautifully!
Monti
Monti is one of the smallest orangutans of the 30+ now living at the orangutan rescue center managed by International Animal Rescue (IAR) in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. She was brought to the center after an anonymous caller contacted the local Ketapang forestry officers and told them some rural people had found her all alone in the jungle, but the truth is something altogether different...
Pingky
Pingky was chained to a tree for 13 years-- so long that her neck had literally grown into the chain. Many people prefer to adopt a relatively 'easy' and cute young baby but we would like you to also consider the more problematic orangutans like Pingky as well. Please support this lovely girl. She has been through so much misery, and it is time for her to learn to become an orangutan again...
Pungky
Pungky loves climbing high into the trees, swinging from side to side from the top branches and doing stunts. When he gets anxious or nervous he chases his babysitters, creating remarkable speed by rolling over like a wheel, and trying to bite them on their ankles! When he can't catch them he sits down and makes little squeak sounds. He's quite content playing by himself, but he also loves spending time with his friends Momo and Mimi.
Mimi & Momo
Momo and Mimi were rescued by the O-Team in May 2010. When we found them, they were living in a tiny cage in a hidden bathroom over an open sewer. They were huddled together for dear life and have remained nearly inseparable even after being confiscated and brought to the center. They are such a rambunctious little duo that they immediately gained the nickname “Double Trouble”, as they are very energetic and playful and both have a very big appetite.
Neng
We had known about a female orangutan called Neng for more than two years, but had been powerless to rescue her for lack of any safe place to bring her. Neng was on a short chain, huddled in a small ball at the end of a wooden platform about 30 feet above the water. She was sitting on two small wooden planks. Her face was sunburned and we could see she was scared and severely malnourished. We learned later that her diet for the past six years had consisted only of white rice and an occasional banana...
Luna (in loving memory)
Luna was the youngest of the group and the smallest of the bunch. With her fluffy hair, her big bright eyes and her Mona Lisa smile, Luna stole everyone's hearts. Our little superstar disappeared in early April 2011... causing us to question the very notion of what it means to rescue an orangutan... Learn more about Luna's 'disappearance' All funds from Luna's adoption will go toward the care of her friends at the Ketapang Orangutan Center, which is professionally managed by our partners International Animal Rescue.
The Graduates
As the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation prepares for several orangutan releases this year, many of the younger orangutans will be shifting to pre-release islands, as depicted in Orangutan Island. We will continue to update existing parents of their status as best we can, but these orangutans have officially graduated from the adoption program.
Kesi
Kesi had her hand chopped off when palm oil plantation workers killed her mother with a machete. Now she is the top pupil in Orangutan Forest School at BOS Nyaru Menteng. Champion tree-climbing and nest-builder, Kesi is an excellent role model for newly arrived orphans.
Grendon
Grendon, star of the BBC's Orangutan Diary, steals everyone's heart. Looking remarkably like a Simpsons character, Grendon is a simply delightful little orangutan who loves to joke around with his friends. He's popular with staff and orangutans alike at BOS Nyaru Menteng.
Fio
Fio had a tragic start to life. The attempt to rescue her and her mother was only a partial success. Fio’s mother did not survive, but fortunately we were able to give Fio another chance. She gets a ton of love and support from her babysitters at BOS Nyaru Menteng and she is gaining the confidence she needs to become an independent orangutan.
Lomon
Lomon spent years chained up in a wooden box, and when he was rescued, he weighed only 1/3 of what he should have. Due in no small part to the love and attention lavished upon him by his caretakers at BOS Nyaru Menteng, Lomon has now gained not only the weight he needed, but also his self-confidence.
Dodo
Dodo was brought to BOS Wanariset-Samboja Lestari by Indonesian forestry officials when he was less than a year old. His mother, like so many others, had been killed when a palm oil company clearcut their forest home and converted it into an oil palm plantation. He is now in the baby group at Samboja Lestari.
Bento & Is
Is (rhymes with 'geese') is smaller than Bento, but is often the dominant one of the pair. He likes to steal food from the more refined Bento, but the two of them often work in tandem to get the better of their keepers, which is why we call them the Tag Team from Tasikoki...
Payment can be made in full or in monthly installments. After you pay online you will immediately receive an email from us with a link back to our site, where you will be able to download your very own personalized adoption certificate, as well as the full background story of your orangutan(s) and several full color high-resolution photos that are suitable for framing. You will also receive periodic updates and photos of your orangutan(s). If you do not receive the email, please check your spam box, as the email may have been flagged. If it is not there, please email us.
Orangutan adoptions are not a perfect science. Sometimes there are delays in the updates. The rescue centers are often short-staffed and getting materials takes time... We ask that you please be patient. We are doing our best.
Disclaimers: We are very grateful that you want to adopt an orangutan. Our current system is optimized for doing adoptions online and paying online via Paypal. However, you do not need a Paypal account to make a general donation . You can make a general donation here. All credit card transactions are fully guaranteed by Paypal and your credit card information is fully encrypted by Paypal in order to ensure maximum security. Learn more about Paypal here.
If you have any trouble with the Paypal payment process, please contact us directly. The best way to reach us is via email. If you do not have access to the internet the other option we can offer you at the moment is to pay via check. Please make the check payable to Orangutan Outreach and send it to:
Orangutan Outreach
Attn: Richard Zimmerman
225 E 76th St, #6F
New York, NY
USA 10021
Please also email us to let us know that the check will be arriving. Include in that email your name, address, email, and which orangutan(s) you want to adopt. Unfortunately if you do not have an email account you will not able to adopt as we have no adoption material on paper but only via email. We are working on an alternative adoption process but it is not ready yet.
Funds collected for orangutans will be used for medicine, food, equipment, rescue operations, cages and hundreds of other items that are necessary to rehabilitate the orangutans and keep the projects going. A minimal amount, however, will be used for administrative costs in the US to continue to build up the organization so that we can rescue & rehabilitate even more orangutans. For more information, please contact us.
Finally, please note that we are making every effort to keep our orangutan adoption campaign as environmentally friendly as possible. We are trying to conserve paper, energy and fuel at all times. Paper come from trees. Orangutans live in trees. Without trees, orangutans have nowhere to live. We like orangutans better than envelopes. Don't you?
