Missing Orangutan Mothers

Mother’s Day is the perfect day to pay tribute to M.O.M.– Missing Orangutan Mothers.

Orangutan mothers and babies have an incredibly close relationship. Their mothers teach them everything about survival in the forest before they set out on their own including how to find fruit and build nests.

Because of the growing demand for palm oil, more and more orangutan mothers are being killed every year in Indonesia. Their rainforest homes are literally being wiped out to make way for palm oil plantations… leaving hundreds of helpless orphans.

Some of the lucky ones end up at Nyaru Menteng– which is operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. The Center is now home to nearly 650 orangutans– the vast majority of them young orphans in need of love and care.

Visit Primate World this weekend with your Mom to learn more about M.O.M. and to see our very own Sumagu cuddle her new baby orangutan!