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• Auction of Royal Ballet Tickets in Aid of Orangutans

  
  Orangutan Foundation — Authority: 413
  The English National Ballet has kindly donated us a pair of tickets to their performance of The Nutcracker at The London Coliseum.  We thought it would be fun to auction the tickets during Orangutan Awareness Week and raise funds for our ‘Protect Me and My Tree Appeal’ . The tickets are valid on any ...
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• Orangutan Awareness in Borneo - ‘planting trees for the future’

  
  Orangutan Foundation — Authority: 413
  Togu Simorangkir, director of Yayorin (Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia), our local partners, sent through some photo’s of their Orangutan Awareness Week activities.  Yayorin’s theme for Orangutan Awareness Week 2009 is ‘Planting trees for the future’. They are targeting villages surrounding areas of ...
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• Orangutan Awareness Week - join in!

  
  Orangutan Foundation — Authority: 413
  This week is Orangutan Awareness Week - join us to raise awareness and funds for orangutan conservation. This Thursday 12th is Orange for Orangutan Day - wear something orange or do something orange for the day - you can download posters or get more ideas from our website . All money raised will go ...
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• No Bunny Was Harmed in the Shooting of These Orangutan Pics

  
  PetSugar — Authority: 485
  Peipei the orangutan found an unlikely pal in a bunny that hopped through his exhibit. Dont worry, Peipei played nicely and then let the rabbit hop right along . . . but their interactions are adorable nonetheless. Check them out when you get started in this slideshow! View Slideshow ›
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• Orangutan Rescued From Oil Palm Plantation

  
  Orangutan Foundation — Authority: 413
  Last Sunday the Orangutan Foundation responded to reports of a young female orangutan isolated in a tree in an oil palm plantation.     The young  female orangutan climbed the Banyan tree when we arrived in the oil palm plantation area at Pandu senjaya village, Pangkalan Lada.      Uduk ...
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• Topeka Zoo To Mark Orangutan Week

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  The Topeka Zoo invites people to learn about orangutans during International Orangutan Awareness Week, November 8-15th. Topeka (WIBW) – They’re the red-headed, swinging sweethearts of the Topeka Zoo, and, next week, the world is asked to learn about them and the rest of their species. The Topeka Zoo invites ...
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• Como Park Zoo to Celebrate Orangutan Awareness Week

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul is holding an Orangutan Awareness Weekend on Nov. 14 and 15, with a number of special activities. Como Zoo is currently home to four orangutans- Jambu (age 24), Amanda (age 32), Markisa (age 22), and Jaya (who is almost 2 years old). Source: ...
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• Actress Melanie Laurent joins forces with Greenpeace to protect Orangutans

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  A handout shows French actress Melanie Laurent playing with an Orang Utan during the last day of her Indonesian rainforest tour in Riau Province November 1, 2009. Laurent has joined Greenpeace and will speak out against mass destruction of the planet’s forests as one of the main causes of climate change and a ...
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• Orangutan facts

  
  john hawks weblog — Authority: 519
  Current Biology has a Q and A with orangutan researcher Anne Russon . Its a good discussion to freshen ones knowledge of orangutan behavior. Heres an interesting passage: Orangutans also show chimpanzee-like traditions, so they too sustain cultures. Given their dispersed sociality, how they do so is unclear. ...
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• Orangutan Adoption Diary -Brian’s future is looking Rosy

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Brian Diary, October 27th 2009 by Hudi WD I am pleased to tell you that the adoption process between the female Bornean orangutan, Rosa and the infant orangutan, Brian is going very well.   Brian was confiscated from an oil palm plantation and was taken to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve where he was ...
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• Sarawak keen to increase orangutan population

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  By SHARON LING KUCHING: Sarawak hopes to gradually increase its wild orangutan population through various conservation efforts and with a balanced approach to development. State forestry director Datuk Len Talif Salleh said there were currently about 2,500 orangutan in the wild in Sarawak. “What is important is ...
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• Orangutan Adoption Diary -Brian’s future is looking Rosy

  
  Orangutan Foundation — Authority: 413
  Brian Diary, October 27 th 2009 by Hudi WD I am pleased to tell you that the adoption process between the female Bornean orangutan, Rosa and the infant orangutan, Brian is going very well.   B rian was confiscated from an oil palm plantation and was taken to the Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve ...
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  Bildungblog — Authority: 154
  "Tell me the story, Mama, about Rush Limbaugh, the Pig King, and I shall fall fast asleep."
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• Sprint or Marathon?

  
  Lobo's Rants — Authority: 122
  Talk about strange overlaps.  While walking my dog Benny  (who does not yet acknowledge the fact that we turned the clock back an hour last night), I noticed the Halloween revelers were still walking home while the NYC Marathon buses filled with anxious runners, were headed to Staten Island to await the start later ...
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• Orangutan Awareness Week at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  Chicago, Illinois – The Brookfield Zoo is offering visitors the chance to learn more about their primate counterparts at International Orangutan Awareness Weekend. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 and 15 in the Asia section of the Tropic World exhibit. Participants will learn about the ...
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• MUST SEE: Annie Marie Musselman’s Orangutan Photos

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  By Annie Marie Musselman View the AMAZING photos here: http://www.photophilanthropy.org/slideshow/gallery_annemariemusselman2.html The life we live as humans is, for the most part, something we have created. Our surroundings have affected and changed us. There is a life however, that many animals like ...
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• Kansas City Zoo nurtures baby orangutan

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A baby orangutan at the Kansas City Zoo is bonding well with an adoptive mother after zoo workers took care of baby Kalijon for months. The orangutan mother had refused to nurse her new baby. So zookeepers began human intervention to save the youngest ...
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• Ape lovers collect old cell phones for Orangutan Conservancy

  
  Daily Titan — Authority: 600
  By Eric Broude Daily Titan Staff Writer Pictured, an orphaned orangutan is one of the inhabitants of the Orangutan Care Center in Borneo, Indonesia. Palm plantations are taking a toll on forests and native species, such as orangutans. Cal State Fullerton’s Primatology Student Association is collecting old cell ...
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• "Money is not a problem," palm oil CEO tells conservationists during speech defending the industry

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 138
  Earlier this month at a colloquium to implement wildlife corridors for orangutans in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Dr. Yusof Basiron, the CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestation efforts in the corridors. "We can ...
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• Things to See in Central Kalimantan

  
  Indonesia Logue — Authority: 91
  Kalimantan is an island of adventure and intrigue. Central Kalimantan with an area covering 153,800 square kilometres, mostly jungle but, offers so much for the traveller you see and do. The northern area is mountainous and difficult to reach. The central area is dense tropical forest. The southern area is swampy and ...
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