Sintang Orangutan Rescue Center (Yayasan Penyelamatan Orangutan Sintang)
Rehabilitates and releases orangutans back into the wild. In addition to that SOC works on creating awareness by education and socialisation amongst the local people to prevent further deforestation, hunting and orangutans being kept as pets.
All About Orangutans, Who are they?
Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, Orangutan population now only exists in Indonesia (Kalimantan and Sumatra islands ) and Malaysia (Sarawak). There are 3 types of orangutans in Indonesia : the Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and the Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis).
Our Mission
Sintang Orangutan Rescue Center is a foundation based in Sintang, West Kalimantan and focuses on the rescue, rehabilitation and release orangutans back into the wild.
Rescue
We work closely with the Forestry Police of West Kalimantan to spread awareness and collect ...Read more
Release
Once orangutans have fully recovered and those born at Sintang Orangutan Center are released back ...Read more
Rehabilitation
Orangutans will undergo isolation and quarantine process for 2 months before they can be combined ...Read more
Sintang Orangutan Center Worksite
Our Gallery
Our Achievements
Orangutans that have been rescued
Orangutans Released in Safe Forests
Orangutans rehabilitated at Sintang Orangutan Center
Communities participate in Empowerment Programs
Our Partner
