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Gus (our female orphan) has had a busy few weeks which has included celebrating her official birthday with the Clifford Family from the UK. Emily and Tom turned ten on 16th August and as we estimated that Gus was about two years old, we decided that she should share their birthday! Tom and Emily also raised an amazing one hundred and fifty pounds at their school with cake and bookmark sales which will go towards kitting out the new orang utan training area with ropes and barrels and strong fencing. Thank you very very much.
The training area has been designed with a group of infants in mind which will allow Gus to bond and form a social group in readiness for a (semi) wild life in years to come. Volunteers and local keepers have worked hard to build the very impressive structure that you can see. A local metal works have custom made the fence posts which will need to contain a group of active orange toddlers with the strength and ingenuity of human teenagers!  A second feeding platform has also been completed this month in the Jungle which Gus seems to love spending many hours on familiarising herself with her native habitat. Gus’s ability to win hearts continues and she’s been featured in various media such as a Malaysian documentary about orang-utans in Sarawak, The Borneo Post and a recent BBC Wildlife magazine. |
posted by Guillaume @ 1:10 AM
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11 Comments:
At 5:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi Team,
Its really great to see everything going so well out there, I always try to keep a close eye on what is going on and it seems like the park is coming on leaps and bounds every time I check out this website. I still think about you guys a lot(caroline, kieth and G) and I wont forget my time at the park.
I am in asia about 5 times a year now with work so I may just put my head through the door one of these days.
I wish you guys all the best in the world and I know kieth and caroline will be able to make matang world class. I will be watching you guys on the discovery channel one of these days!
Good luck with everything
Nick Briant x x
nickbriant@hotmail.co.uk
At 6:34 AM,
Unknown said…
i agree with nick!! keep it up, matang is such a fantastic place. lots of love to everyone (furry things included) xxxx
At 5:51 PM,
Anonymous said…
I could not agree more - Keith & Caroline you are doing such a wonderful & in some ways thankless task - without your input, there would be a great number of ignorant people in the world! Animals are often so much more intelligent than everyday mortals. It is a shame that schools in UK cannot put together trips to work as volunteers during holidays. The children and teachers, not to mention the ous, would certainly benefit.
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