MASSIVE MALE ORANGUTAN RESCUE! We have received footage from the rescue and translocation of Boncel, a huge male orangutan who entered a local village in search of food. The Wildlife Rescue Unit of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Kalbar) and a team from IAR Indonesia travelled to the area, conducted a health check and transported Boncel to a remote area of forest. This was the second time Boncel had been translocated by the team; back in August 2020, Boncel was found foraging in

14K views · 86 reactions | Nenette, France's most famous orangutan, flexed her artistic abilities for visitors, three days prior to her 50th birthday, Thursday, June 13. Nenette is the resident artist of the zoo at Jardin des Plantes in Paris. She has been at this zoo since she was three years old in 1972. She started painting years ago, using paper and the glass which separates her from the visitors to the zoo. (REUTERS) | Voice of America | Facebook

23K views · 148 reactions | In an attempt to build herself a nest, the Audubon Zoo's 9-year-old orangutan, Menari, took matters into her own hands and made herself a winter wonderland of faux snow from a donated down comforter. She can be seen be seen pulling the feathers out of the comforter in video released by the zoo. The down nearly covered her entire hairy body and made a mess of her caged area. | Voice of America | Facebook