From Nights 18 August 2014
Dr Ian Singleton, director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) in Sumatra talked on Nights about the global support to conserve orangutans in their natural habitat.
Dr Ian Singleton with a young male orangutan called Gokong – at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s (SOCP) quarantine centre in Medan, north Sumatra
Male orangutan Leuser – who was blinded, after being shot 62 times! He was released into Bukit Tigapuluh National Park successfully, but came down onto the ground so was around village area. Shot by villagers, including in the eyes. Shot with air-rifle pellets.
Female orangutan Dek Nong, who will be one of the first orangutan residents at the new Earth 4 Orangutans Haven, which the Auckland talk is raising funds for. She has creeping paralysis and arthritis, so is not able to be released to the wild.
Typical palm oil factory in the middle of a palm oil plantation – between Bukit Lawang and Medan in North Sumatra.
Typical palm oil factory in the middle of a palm oil plantation – between Bukit Lawang and Medan in North Sumatra
A wild infant in Bukit Lawang – a protected area within Gunung Leuser National Park in Leuser Ecosytem, north Sumatra.
Newly-released orangutan at Jantho release site. In the foreground is Dr Ian Singleton with Auckland Zoo primate team leader, Amy Robbins, who has worked at SOCP’s Jantho release station – which Auckland Zoo helps fund.
Female orangutan Tila, who has health issues including hepatitis; a victim of the pet trade. Not able to be released to the wild, she will be one of the first orangutans to go to the Earth 4 Orangutan Haven.
Dr Singleton – feeding an orangutan at the pre-release site at Jantho Release Station. When ready, this orangutan will be released into Pinus Jantho Nature Reserve in north Sumatra’s Aceh province.
Ian Singleton with Gokong – a young male orangutan at the SOCP quarantine centre in Medan.
Map showing all the key Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) locations.
Ian Singleton’s Mount Kilamanjaro ‘climb for change’ – to raise money for SOCP and also raise awareness of climate change issue and its impact on species like orangutan
Ian Singleton on Mount Kilamanjaro.
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