ADOPT AN ORANGUTAN

Distinctive due to their reddish hair and long arms, the name ‘orangutan’ directly translates from Malay to ‘person of the forest’. As the largest tree-living mammal, orangutans spend over 90% of their lives high up in the forest canopy.

Wild orangutans are under threat from habitat loss due to logging, palm oil production, mining, and agricultural expansion. Deforestation is by far the most serious threat to orangutans and, over the last three decades, an estimated 80% of orangutan habitat has been lost.

Other threats to orangutans include illegal hunting for meat, and capture for the exotic pet trade.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR ORANGUTAN ADOPTION

Help protect orangutans in the wild with an animal adoption and you’ll receive an exclusive adoption pack containing all of these items…

SOFT TOY

Your own cuddly toy orangutan to keep at home.
Toy may vary from one shown.

ADOPTION PACK

Including a personalised certificate, animal story, fact sheet and glossy photo to display.

ADOPT MAGAZINE

A copy of our bi-annual Adopt magazine with exclusive updates.

Adoptions last one year (those paid monthly by direct debit roll over until cancelled).

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ADOPT MAGAZINE

As part of the adoption pack you will receive a copy of our beautiful Adopt magazine. Each copy brings you the latest news on your adopted animal including how the money is being spent. These exclusive insights show how your ongoing support makes an impact on these animals’ lives. Your adoption really is life-changing.

Our magazine is published twice a year so you’ll receive your first edition in the adoption pack followed by a further update later in the year of your adoption. Take a peek inside to see some of our work in action…

WHY ACTION IS NEEDED TO HELP SAVE ORANGUTANS TODAY

There are three different species of orangutan, and all are balancing on the brink of extinction: classed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN’s Red List.

The Tapanuli orangutan were a major discovery in 2017, however they now face a serious threat to their long-term survival thanks to a devastating reduction in forest habitat, and the proposed construction of a hydroelectric dam which will flood the forest. Tapanuli numbers would be at even greater risk of extinction if the project goes ahead.

All three species of orangutan face the prospect of uncertain futures from human activity, causing fragmented and degraded habitats, and animal suffering due to exploitation. However, with your support, there are projects that are having a direct impact. The Orangutan Foundation supports all species by focusing on conserving their habitats, and rescuing individual animals for release back into the place they rightfully belong.

ADOPTING AN ORANGUTAN WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT

Funds from your adoption will support the Orangutan Foundation’s vital conservation work to protect the Central Kalimantan province and sanctuary, and to safeguard the future of the precious orangutans who live there. Your adoption will also support our campaign against the illegal trade in bushmeat, from apes and other threatened species, and our campaign in opposition of the live trade in apes. You can help protect wild orangutans by adopting Timtom below.

Your money will go directly to supporting little Timtom, who now lives the life she deserves thanks to the efforts of this organisation. The Orangutan Foundation focuses exclusively on orangutan protection and conservation. With our assistance, alongside other partners, hundreds of rescued orphans have been released into a protected reserve, and millions of acres of habitat have been conserved.

Every one of these cousins of ours, these people of the forest, is one of us. They are in great danger. All that can be done to save them must be done. Look into Timtom’s eyes. She needs you. So let’s do all we can. We owe her that. It’s we who have caused her and all orangutans so much harm. Let’s right our wrongs.Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE

Your money will help:

Protect orangutans from exploitation

Continue to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat

Patrol national parks and run guard posts to keep out hunters

Rescue orangutans and release them back into the wild

Work with local communities

Promote research and education on the plight of the orangutan.

ADOPTION PACK DELIVERY INFORMATION

We will process and send your order within 3 working days, and would normally expect it to arrive within 7 working days to addresses within the UK. All UK orders are sent via Royal Mail 2nd class delivery. Please allow 28 days for delivery on overseas orders. Please note – we cannot hold orders for delivery on a specific date.

Orders do not need to be signed for, but come in a box which won’t fit through the letterbox so you will need to be available to accept the delivery. A card will be left if you’re unavailable.