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Orangutan Diary : Taking care of the relatives

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Michaela and Steve spend a moving and inspirational week at an orangutan rehabilitation centre revealing the most loveable of orphans, gripping life-or-death rescue cases and the heart-breaking-plight of these charming creatures.
Over half of borneo's rainforests have been destroyed in the last 20 years, mainly to make way for palm oil plantations. Threatened by massive habitat loss, many orangs die from starvation, others end up being sold into the illegal pet trade. The lucky ones end up Nyaru Menteng, the rescue operation run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.
In the course of the week, Steve and Michaela join dangerous rescue missions to retrieve orphaned babies intended for the cruel pet trade and help the older orangutans take the tentative first steps back into a life in the wild.
The sanctuary is a lifeline for more than 500 orangutans and we soon get to know-and love-some amazing characters: Grendon, the hilarious, if none-too-bright, two-year-old who flunks 'forest school' when his nest falls out he tree; Lomon who arrives on the brink of death bit makes an amazing and heart-warming recovery and Zorro, a 13 year-old who is about to get his first taste of freedom after a lifetime behind bars.

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Series Title

BBC

Call Number

639 ORA

Publisher

: BBC Worldwide., 2009

Collation

DVD 1 Keping

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

132/DVD/SU/PA/10.201

Classification

SEMUA UMUR

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Animals

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