Chillouts & BOS
BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL
The topic of sustainability should not end with our work. We also want to take responsibility for nature and the environment. One of our projects is our cooperation with the organisation Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS). On the one hand, we support BOS with sponsorships and donations, and on the other, we want to raise the visibility of the issue of orangutan protection.
WHY ORANG-UTAN PROTECTION?
Tropical rainforests are the most species-rich ecosystems on our planet. It is not for nothing that they are also known as the "green lungs" of the earth. Rescuing animals and rehabilitating them in stations is not enough to save a species from extinction. If you want to protect species sustainably, you also have to protect the habitat. Palm oil, mining and timber companies are transforming the last remaining tropical forests into mono-plantations, sand deserts or barren grass steppes. In order to give the rehabilitated orangutans a future, the last remaining rainforests must be placed under protection. The BOS Foundation has set itself this as a long-term goal. Further information about BOS and its projects can be found at www.orangutan.de
Our sponsored animals
Monita´s story
Like many other orangutans, monita was kept as a pet. Thanks to an anonymous tip, she was rescued by BOS and the nature conservation authority. It happens time and again that families take in baby orangutans and treat them like living dolls, dressing them in clothes and feeding them unsuitable leftovers.
Monita was only 3 months old when she was brought to the Nyaru Menteng protection centre. There she received veterinary care. After 2 months in quarantine with her babysitter, she was finally allowed to join the others in the baby group and was able to make new friends there.
Monita is now 4 years old and goes to forest school. She is a real bundle of temperament. She weighs 17kg and is very healthy. She is particularly talented at climbing high trees and building nests.
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Bumi´s story
When bumi was found in 2016, he was just 2 weeks old. He still had a fresh wound on his stomach where the umbilical cord once connected him to his mother. The little boy was very weak and traumatised.
In the first few nights at the rescue centre, he often woke up and cried for his mother. He was given antibiotics to prevent the umbilical wound from becoming infected and the babysitters on the ward never let him out of their sight. A cuddly toy also helped to calm him down.
Thanks to the loving care he received, he was finally able to sleep through the night again and cried for the bottle whenever he was hungry.
Today, Bumi is 5 years old and in great shape. Like Monita, he also goes to forest school. Bumi already has a friend, Tuti, a wild female orangutan who is no longer dependent on her mother. She likes to spend her time near the forest school group. Bumi and Tuti get on particularly well.
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Topan`s story
Little Topan was rescued from illegal captivity by the BOS Foundation in 2017. She was estimated to be 8 months old and weighed just 1.5kg. Half-starved and thirsty, she was immediately admitted to Nyaru Menteng's intensive care unit.
After a week of care, she was able to join the other babies in the quarantine ward. Even though she was already feeling much better physically, the loss of her mother was very difficult for her.
The babysitters at BOS gradually gave her back her motherly comfort and cared for her with complete dedication. The little pile of misery blossomed into a wild little monkey girl.
Topan is now 6 years old. Her favourite pastime is swinging from tree to tree on lianas.
Topan is usually on her own at forest school. That's a shame, because she also needs to practise socialising. She only meets up with her best friends, Monita and Alejandra, at the feeding station. Topan is well on the way to developing into an independent orangutan.
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Taymur´s story
Es war ein Zufall, der Taymur rettete. Noch keine zwei Jahre alt, wurde er Opfer des illegalen internationalen Handels mit Wildtieren. Aus Indonesien wurde er nach Kuwait geschmuggelt. Dort hielt ihn sein Besitzer als Haustier, gab ihm
zum Spaß Drogen.
Ein Jahr nach seiner Heimkehr hat sich Taymurs Leben um 180 Grad gewendet: Der kleine Kerl ist gesund, lebt in Sicherheit und hat in der Waldschule des BOS-Schutzzentrums viele neue Freunde gefunden. Taymurs Geschichte ist wahrhaft filmreif. So verwundert es auch nicht, dass er jetzt seine erste Filmrolle ergattert hat. Er ist einer der Protagonisten in der neuseeländischen Doku-Serie “Orangutan Jungle School”und verdreht mit seinem Charme nicht nur seinen tierischen Freundinnen den Kopf.
