Is Rehabilitating Orang Utans Worth While?
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Oryx
- Vol. 16 (3) , 263-271
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300017506
Abstract
The centres for rehabilitating confiscated orang utans in Borneo and Sumatra have shown that at least some animals can be successfully restored to the wild. But there is still the fear of introducing disease and possibly social stress into wild populations. Two centres, Bohorok and Sepilok, which are largely administered and funded by the Indonesian and Malaysian governments, are extremely popular, have many visitors, and thus have a valuable role in conservation education. The authors, have been working on education programmes at these centres.Keywords
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