Bidu-Bidu has been released!

Orphan Bidu-Bidu was rescued and taken to Sepilok in 2013 as a young baby. A plantation owner found him alone in an area called the Bidu-Bidu Forest Reserve with his mother nowhere to be found. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre were notified about this tiny baby orangutan and the rangers soon arrived to collect him and take him back to the centre to be cared for. Soon, he joined the rehabilitation programme with the other orphans where he would be taught all the skills which he would need to enable him to be returned to the wild one day.

Bidu-Bidu has been very popular with both the staff and the other orangutans due to his very playful nature. He has gained in confidence over the years and also gained in weight! He has always been bigger than many of his nursery mates and at the time of his release, Bidu weighed a hefty 30kg. In the wild fully-grown male orangutans can reach 80kg or more so Bidu’s healthy weight for his age will give him a good foundation to potentially grow into a dominant male one day.