Meet Wiwik Astutik, BOS Foundation’s incredible Volunteer Facilitator. Her passion and love for orangutans are truly inspiring, and it all started almost 30 years ago with a ravaging forest fire. Since when have you been working... View Article
It was a moment we all have been waiting for. Three of our beloved adoption family members recently took a huge step on their rehabilitation journey. Taymur and Jelapat moved to Badak Besar Island to tackle... View Article
Every year, thousands of orangutans are displaced or killed due to mass deforestation, rampant forest fires, poaching for human consumption and the illegal wildlife trade. Whenever an orangutan survives their trauma or is reported captive, we... View Article
We have not one but two beautiful opportunities for you to support our cause this festive season and spread some cheer for our amazing red cousins. While we are celebrating each successful release, we must not... View Article
We are thrilled to report that we brought another twelve orangutans home. In mid-November, our parent organisation, the BOS Foundation, successfully conducted their 68th orangutan release as a monumental back-to-back airlifting operation. It was a long-planned... View Article
Michel Zwecker has been BOS Australia’s Philanthropy Manager for the past three years. He will soon be moving on, but before he leaves, we asked him to share some insights about his critical work. How vital... View Article
Meet Nur, the RHO Community Development Coordinator at BOS Foundation’s Orangutan Habitat Rehabilitation (RHO) programme in East Kalimantan. While her work is not directly with orangutans, Nur’s role significantly impacts BOSF’s orangutan reintroduction programmes. What does... View Article
Nothing is more boring than sitting behind bars in an enclosure and watching the day go by. But luckily, this is different for the orangutans in our care. Our enrichment team comes up with lots of... View Article
In our first release of 2023, the BOS Foundation team recently returned five orangutans to their wild home. It is one of those moments that still give us goosebumps: The second when one of our rehabilitated... View Article
Can you imagine how difficult it must be for an orangutan to climb trees, forage for food, and build nests – with no arms? Yet, Kopral makes it look easy. He is our superhero and one... View Article
