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A beautiful, wild look in her eye!

Tuesday 20th February 

UPDATE: The release of Astrid and Co will now take place on February 26th. Watch this space!

Photo and text courtesy of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, Indonesia.

When she was found several years ago, this female orangutan named Tantri was around 4 years old, weighing only 10 kg. A joint team from The BOS Foundation and BKSDA (Conservation and Natural Resources Authority) rescued her from around a local oil palm plantation area.

Tantri was a wild orangutan who had never had any contact with humans. At 4 years old, she was at an age where she had learned all the basic skills to survive, yet supposed to be still with her mother for at least another 2 years. However, because she was found in a plantation and without her mother, it was too risky to release her immediately to an unfamiliar forest. Without her mother, Tantri’s survival could have been at risk.

Beautiful Tantri has a long, brown and curly hair with a white-mottled face. Now 9 years old, this free-spirited young lady is ready to be released back to the forest. She is among the first release candidates from Nyaru Menteng and will soon embark on her journey home.