Baby orangutan has a name

With their jungle environment burnt and logged and their food sources lost, the Sumatran orangutan population is declining by as many as 1000 per year. Current estimates suggest that they could become extinct in the wild in less than 10 years. Illegal logging and the deliberate starting of forest fires in order to convert virgin forest to timber and palm oil plantations are the main factors responsible for the loss of over 80% of orangutan habitat over the last 20 years.

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/orangcrisis.php

Puppe and Budi

Orangutans breed more slowly than any other primate, with the female producing a baby on average only once every 7-8 years. This makes the population extra-vulnerable to loss and accelerates the decline in numbers.

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/orangcrisis.php

Budi and mother Puppe

Thank you for sharing this.
The pictures are lovely.

Love,
Sue

This is so cute.
Here is little Budi

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/zoo/toronto/toronto_puppe.php

Please look at our previous topic, "sumatran orangutan gives birth" to find more details.

This is very nice. Thank you for sharing this information and the pictures.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Thank you for updating your previous post.
I am happy to know the baby now has a cute name, "BUDI". Love the pictures.

yoko

I am a primate, and no primate is alien to me.

Cute little bundle. Could this one be the hundredth monkey?