Editing Orangutan (section)

=== Conservation centres and organisations ===

[[File:FZS Programm Director Peter Pratje working with orangutans in Bukit Tigapulu, Indonesia.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Peter Pratje with an orangutan|Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt Programm Director Peter Pratje works with orangutans in [[Bukit Tigapuluh]], Indonesia.]]

Several organisations are working for the rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of orangutans. The largest of these is the [[Borneo Orangutan Survival]] (BOS) Foundation, founded by conservationist [[Willie Smits]] and which operates projects such as the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Program founded by conservationist [[Lone Drøscher Nielsen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Willie Smits|url=https://masarang.nl/en/about-masarang/willie-smits/|publisher=Masarang Foundation|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928175159/https://masarang.nl/en/about-masarang/willie-smits/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 10 Years: Nyaru Menteng 1999–2009 | publisher = Orangutan Protection Foundation | url = http://savetheorangutan.org/splash/nm10.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100215031751/http://savetheorangutan.org/splash/nm10.pdf | archive-date = 15 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Ny projektledare på Nyaru Menteng | website = Save the Orangutan | date = 26 January 2012 | url = http://www.savetheorangutan.se/about-us/news/ny-projektledare-paa-nyaru-menteng/ | access-date = 2 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140110175957/http://www.savetheorangutan.se/about-us/news/ny-projektledare-paa-nyaru-menteng/ | archive-date = 10 January 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

A female orangutan was rescued from a village brothel in Kareng Pangi village, Central Kalimantan, in 2003. The orangutan was shaved and chained for sexual purposes. Since being freed, the orangutan, named Pony, has been living with the BOS. She has been re-socialised to live with other orangutans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orangutan shaved, made up and prostituted to men for six years|newspaper=[[The Week]]|date=28 November 2018|access-date=29 April 2020|url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/98117/orangutan-shaved-made-up-and-prostituted-to-men-for-six-years|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003151828/https://www.theweek.co.uk/98117/orangutan-shaved-made-up-and-prostituted-to-men-for-six-years|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2017, the BOS rescued an albino orangutan from captivity in a remote village in Kapuas Hulu, on the island of Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo. According to volunteers at BOS, albino orangutans are extremely rare (one in ten thousand). This is the first albino orangutan the organisation has seen in 25 years of activity.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brady, Heather|date=18 May 2017|title=Extremely Rare Albino Orangutan Found in Indonesia|publisher=National Geographic Society|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/05/rare-albino-orangutan-found-indonesia/|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217133615/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/05/rare-albino-orangutan-found-indonesia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other major conservation centres in Indonesia include those at [[Kumai District#Tanjung Puting National Park|Tanjung Puting National Park]], [[Sebangau National Park]], [[Gunung Palung National Park]] and [[Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park]] in Borneo and the [[Gunung Leuser National Park]] and [[Bukit Lawang]] in Sumatra. In Malaysia, conservation areas include Semenggoh Wildlife Centre and Matang Wildlife Centre also in Sarawak, and the [[Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary]] in Sabah.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sustainabletravel.org/traveler-resources/viewing-orangutans-in-the-wild/|access-date=10 May 2020|title=Viewing Orangutans in the Wild|publisher=Sustainable Travel International|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003131636/https://sustainabletravel.org/traveler-resources/viewing-orangutans-in-the-wild/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Major conservation centres headquartered outside the orangutans' home countries include [[Frankfurt Zoological Society]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Palmer, Alexandra|year=2020|title=Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|page=127|isbn=978-0429576638}}</ref> [[Orangutan Foundation International]], which was founded by Galdikas,<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Martinelli | first1 = D. | title = A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics: People, Paths, Ideas | publisher = Springer | year = 2010 | pages = 218–19 | isbn = 978-90-481-9248-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mDPr7gVnXi4C&pg=PT485 | access-date = 16 December 2015 | archive-date = 30 April 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160430105825/https://books.google.com/books?id=mDPr7gVnXi4C&pg=PT485 | url-status = live }}</ref> and the [[Australian Orangutan Project]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/tax/reo/index.html |publisher=Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources |title=Tax Deductible Organisations (Register of Environmental Organisations) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210025946/http://www.environment.gov.au/tax/reo/index.html |archive-date=10 February 2007 |access-date=16 January 2014}}</ref> Conservation organisations such as the [[Orangutan Land Trust]] work with the palm oil industry to improve [[sustainability]] and encourages the industry to establish [[conservation area]]s for orangutans.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Butler | first1 = R. A. | title = Rehabilitation not enough to solve orangutan crisis in Indonesia | date = 20 August 2009 | url = http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0820-orangutans.html | publisher = Mongabay | access-date = 26 March 2012 | archive-date = 5 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105163042/http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0820-orangutans.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1 = Marusiak | first1 = J. | title = New deal for orangutans in Kalimantan | website = Eco-Business | date = 28 June 2011 | url = http://www.eco-business.com/features/new-deal-for-orangutans-in-kalimantan/| access-date = 3 April 2012}}</ref>