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Tonight (Sunday 9 June 2019) on More4, there’s a repeat of the fabulous Orangutan Jungle School at 8pm UK time. The series follows the orangutans who are based at the world’s biggest orangutan rescue centre. The orangutans have reached that point in their jungle school curriculum where they need to find out how to be safe around snakes. And staff head out to rescue an infant orangutan who, it turns out, has a broken wrist. |
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Reclaim and restore forests for orangutans Back in August, the Sumatran Orangutan Society launched its Rainforest Home Appeal. The appeal is aiming to buy an oil palm plantation on the edge of the Leuser Ecosystem, so that the land can be reclaimed and restored for orangutans and other wildlife. It means the habitat will be extended from the neighbouring national park. The Sumatran Orangutan Society will work with its Indonesian partners - Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari (YOSL) to buy and restore this 890 acre site to its former natural glory. There’s a very helpful FAQs page so that you can find out why this land matters, how it will be kept safe and how local communities will be involved. There’s been great progress so far! In only 6 weeks, the appeal has raised over £325,000 towards its £870,000 target! There’s more good news – the Lion’s Share Fund has pledged to donate a further $190,000 and that will move the appeal over the half way point Let’s keep the appeal moving The appeal has to hit three targets along the way – it hit the first in September, and the second instalment is due in November, and the third is due in February 2019. Please do what you can to tell others about the appeal and/or make a donation. Another £108,000 is needed to be able to pay the second instalment in November. |
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The Giving Day for Apes took place on 25 September 2018 and one of the 37 sanctuaries involved in the event was International Animal Rescue. The charity was hoping to raise enough funds to plant 20,000 trees. The good news is that sufficient funds were raised to reforest a vital area of orangutan habitat. The charity raised over $16,000 on the day with donations continuing to come in after the event, it was - at the time of writing - just a couple of hundred from its $20,000 target! The charity also won several prizes during the event amounting to $10,000 in total, for receiving the most unique donations of any organisation and for raising the most funds of any Asian sanctuary taking part. Thanks to kindness and generosity of the donors, the orangutans living in Pematang Gadung will have a better chance. |
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Back in 2015, five million acres of Indonesian rainforest were destroyed by fire. The impact was devastating on all wildlife there. And amongst those, many many orangutans were left starving and dying. In 2016, … started a 10,000 Trees campaign and as a result, it was able to start a reforestation project. And it was able to protect the area during recent forest fires. Pematang Gadung is situated closest to the orangutan rescue centre in Ketapang in West Borneo. The area is home to wild orangutans. And now in 2019, there’s a chance to plant a further 20,000 trees.
International Animal Rescue needs to raise $20,000 on this Giving Day for Apes. The day is organized by the Arcus Foundation in partnership with the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. It’s a 24 hour event, and it encourages charitable donations through an online giving platform, hosted by Mightycause. Qualified sanctuaries and rescue centres can compete to raise the most money for their cause, and to win prizes kindly given by sponsors. So the question is, will you give your support and sign the pledge to donate to the 20,000 trees on 25 September? The reason you’re asked to pledge is that it gives the charity an idea of whether they are likely to raise the required amount. By the way, you can donate today on the charity’s Giving Day for Apes Mighty Cause page. But donate on the 25th September, and you’ll increase charities’ changes of winning extra awards and grants. Sign the pledge, and they will send you an e-mail reminder to donate on the 25th September. |
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The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust have announced that the Investect Rainforest Ball held on 16 September 2017 raised a swinging £220,426. This staggering sum will be used to protect critically endangered Sumatran orangutans and their rainforest habitat. The money will be split between the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP). Durrell was very grateful to Investec for their support – and the great news is that Investec will be the headline sponsor for the Investec Wildnerness Ball on 28th September 2019. The 2019 event will be a very special one indeed because it will both mark Durrell’s 60th Anniversary and also celebrate Durrell’s new vision to ‘Rewild our World’. Investect Director Kevin Allen was delighted that the ball was such a great success, and noted that Durrell’s commitment to conservation is aligned to Investec’s values of education, entrepreneurship and the environment, so the company was very pleased to sponsor the 2019 event and thus continue to support Durrell’s work. To reserve tables or find out about silver or bronze sponsorship opportunities, please email [email protected] Businesses, you can discover ways to give Durrell your corporate support here. Meantime, a big thank you to Investec for supporting wildlife conservation and Durrell in this way. |
