Schroeder hopes his photos will raise awareness about their plight. He remembers coming across Hope, a Sumatran orangutan who had been shot with 74 pellets. She was blinded, and she had a baby who ...

But as these pictures show the great ape can still sometimes ... Workers at the Tanjung Puting National Park, home to 6,000 orangutans, have been preparing some of their residents for release ...

Sirih and baby will likely be out on public view shortly, so stay tuned for updates … and more pictures!” The Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center is an indoor and outdoor facility ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on ...

Orangutan mother Sirih cuddles her baby boy. (PHOTO: Emily Reuben/WISH) The new baby is the third baby born to Basan and Sirih and is the 12th orangutan at the zoo’s Orangutan Center.

The tiny primate clutched his mother, eyes just barely open. Only five days old, the unnamed orangutan was the newest arrival to the Indianapolis Zoo community. His mother, Sirih, carried the ...

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