Breaking News: Stolen Orangutans Finally Returned

November 21, 2006

BOS UK is pleased to announce that 48 of the smuggled orangutans in

Thailand are on their way back to the forest of their birth as you

read this. We have worked long and hard for this result and couldn't

have achieved it without you, our supporters. Thanks also to the

many NGO's who also contributed to the campaign, especially Nature

Alert.

Sadly, the orangutans' delayed return comes at a time when the BOS

Nyaru Menteng Rescue Centre struggles with an unanticipated deluge

of rescued orangutans as a result of the recent fires that raged

through the region. Until we can release wild orangutans into the

release site which awaits documentation from the authorities before

we can go ahead, the centre is again at capacity. The additional

strain to the limited budget of the project also means many more

funds need to be found to care for these new arrivals which bring

the number of orangutans cared for at the centre to almost 600!

Tune into the news tonight and tomorrow to find out more, or visit

the links below to read stories in the press. If you want to help

the orangutans, please visit www.savetheorangutan.co.uk.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Michelle Desilets

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK

Recent press:

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