A Wonderful Transformation – Radcliffe

  This is Radcliffe when he arrived at the Center for Great Apes in Florida.  He was too thin and had very little hair.  Obviously, he was not well physically nor psychologically.
Radcliffe was born on February 18, 1979 in a zoo in Ohio.  Radcliffe was unlucky in that he is a cross between a Bornean orangutan and [...]

Orangutan orphans

I believe Kesi is at the end of this video:

What will you tell your children when the orangutans are extinct?  Watch this video.

The following video has some wonderful shots of orangutans.  It is informative but also entertaining:

Adorable orphans at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre [...]

The Entertainment Business Sucks!

This is Louie  .
He is retired from the entertainment business.  I believe if he could talk he would say the entertainment business sucks.
Louie is very fortunate because he gets to spend the rest of his life at the Center for Great Apes. 
Louie’s life didn’t begin so nice.  He was born on December 19, 1995 and [...]

Kesi Needs a Sister (or Brother)

Hi,
It’s time to get Kesi a sister or brother.
My birthday is coming up and I’m going to put an orangutan on my wish list.
But, I just don’t know which one to adopt.
I’ve been researching the different sites that have orangutans up for adoption.  (Check out my Adoption page.)  And, all it has done is make [...]

Birth of an Orangutan

A great video of the birth of an orangutan.  It isn’t in the wild, but watching the mother taking care of baby is wonderful. 

Kesi is royalty!

Hi,
I decided to check and see who else has adopted Kesi.  I’ve also included links to articles that include Kesi.
Guess what?  Kesi is now royalty according to these articles:
Her Royal Highness Crown princess Victoria to become adoptive parent?
http://sofiasroyalsweden.blogspot.com/2007/10/crown-princess-victoria-adopts.html 
Linda Frost adopted Kesi: http://redapes.org/guestbook/#comment-1405
This blogger adopted Kesi: http://julienne.wordpress.com/kesi/  Her blog is very interesting.
Pentad adopted Kesi:  http://www.pentad.no/kesi.htm
Rachel adopted [...]

Kesi – More Pictures

Hi,
I believe Kesi is at the end of this video:
 
I just found this site where they put up a lot of photos of Kesi.  There are quite a few of her and other orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Center.  They are beautiful photographs.  Please check them out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/animalrescueblog/sets/72157594375684199/detail/
Here are more pictures.  Can you [...]

Retired Movie Star – Geri the Orangutan

  Geri was born September 13, 1989 to be a movie star.  But like all other orangutans in the movie business she soon became to big to work with and at age 15 she was fortunate enough to find a home at the Center for Great Apes which was founded in 1993 by Patti Ragan.
Geri was worked in [...]

Orangutans in the Entertainment Industry

  I found a site on the web called the Center for Great Apes.  It is a sanctuary for orangutans and other apes located in Flordia.  It was founded in 1993 by Patti Ragan and provides a permanent sanctuary for the apes in a safe and enriching environment.  They say they are the only nonprofit sanctuary in [...]

Corrections

Hi,
I just found a error in my article Orangutans in the Entertainment Industry.
Patti Ragan founded the Center for Great Apes in 1993 not 1999.  Sorry about that Patti.  I didn’t mean to eliminate 6 years of your hard work!
I found out that I had made a mistake in my article Man of the Forest -Flanged [...]