ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY DIRECTS $75,000 TO BORNEO REHABILITATION CENTER
The Orangutan Conservancy, which raises funds and awareness on behalf of orangutan projects in Southeast Asia, today directed a $75,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation's Great Apes Fund to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project in Borneo to protect and care for the orphaned apes.
The funds will be used to construct new quarantine facilities, erect fences to protect island release habitats, and purchase fire-fighting equipment for the staff at Nyaru Menteng, which cares for over 600 injured and unwanted orangutans at its facility in Central Kalimantan.
The donation was announced at the Orangutan Species Survival Plan (SSP) Husbandry Workshop at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
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