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Coronation Street stars visit Sepilok
Coronation Street actors, Tina O'Brien (Sarah Platt) and Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw), flew out to Borneo in August to see for themselves the work that is being done to help save one of our closest cousins – the orangutans - from extinction.
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Paolo Nutini pledges support for Orangutan Appeal UK
Musician Paolo Nutini has pledged his support, along with his base guitarist, Michael McDaid, to the Appeal and to help save the endangered orangutans.
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Orangutan Appeal UK funds world first
Orangutan Appeal UK has made history by funding the world’s first cataract operation on a mature male orangutan.
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Orangutan Appeal and Sabah Wildlife
Over the past 40 years, orang-utans rescued in Sabah were rehabilitated at Sepilok before being released into the nearby jungle. Now the Sabah Wildlife Department tells JASWINDER KAUR about plans to translocate some of them to an alternative site in Lahad Datu.
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A new nursery
Our very first project at Sepilok was to improve the conditions for the orphans and build a new enclosure
