Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary
Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre is located about 25 kilometers west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia.
The centre opened in 1964 as the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for rescued orphaned baby orangutans from logging sites, plantations, illegal hunting or kept as pets.[1] The orphaned orangutans are trained to survive again in the wild and are released as soon as they are ready. The sanctuary is located within the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve which covers an area of 5,529 ha (13,660 acres) 5529 ha, much of which is virgin rainforest.[2] Today around 60 to 80 orangutans are living free in the reserve.[3] It has become one of Sabah's tourist attractions.[4]
[edit] See also
Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh (Documentary about the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary)
[edit] References
- ^ Thompson, Shawn (2010). The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life of a Vanishing Species. Citadel Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0806531335.
- ^ "Conservation Areas Information & Monitoring System - Kabili-Sepilok FR". Sabah Forestry Department. http://www.sabah.gov.my/htan_caims/Level%202%20frame%20pgs/Class%206%20Frames/kabili-sepilok_fr.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ "Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre - Orangutan Appeal UK". http://www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk/sepilok-rehabilitation-centre/. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ "Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary". Tourism Malaysia. http://www.tourism.gov.my/destinations/detail.php?theme=AD&map_code=sepilok&state=sabah. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
[edit] External links
- Orang Utan and other wildlife in Sepilok rainforest reserve.
- Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre
- Borneo: Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary (visit report from Dive Happy)
- Sepilok Orangutan Appeal UK
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Coordinates: 5°51′54″N 117°56′58″E / 5.86501°N 117.94939°E
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