Orangutan Species Survival Plan (SSP)©
2012 Field Advisor Updates
Ronda Schwetz –Zoo Director, Henry Vilas Zoo
To create and expand partnerships with orangutan rehabilitation centers, field researchers and zoos in Indonesia and Malaysia
The Goals:
Provide medical/enrichment supplies
and offer assistance with medical,
enrichment, training, and husbandry
initiatives at each site
The Goals:
Create and expand an exchange
between professionals
The Goals:
Create and expand local and
international educational programs
The Goals:
Sites visited 2008-2012
Indonesian
Sites:
Nyaru Menteng
Samboja Lestari
SOCP
2012- Ketapang
2012 – Tanjung
Puting
Malaysian Sites:
Zoo Negara
HUTAN-KOCP
Sepilok
Matang
Semenggoh
Indonesia/Malaysia
Zoo Negara
Lower Kinabatangan
Samboja Lestari
Tanjung Puting
SOCP
Matang – Semenggoh
Nyaru Menteng
Ketapang
Past Sites: Samboja Lestari/Wanariset
Enrichment projects
Maintenance projects
Donations of supplies
Keeper exchange (2010 Orangutan SSP Workshop)
Past Sites: Nyaru Menteng
Past Sites: SOCP…
Donations of
medical and
enrichment
supplies
Development of
enrichment
projects
Keeper exchange
(2010 Orangutan
SSP Workshop)
Past Sites: KL – Zoo Negara…
Workshop
Enrichment
Termite mound
Sepilok
HUTAN
WOX/REACT
Past Sites: Sabah…
Matang
Semenggoh
Past Sites: Sarawak…
Providing supplies and money
Sharing ideas and resources
2012 Orangutan SSP Field Trip
Matang Wildlife
Centre – Malaysia
Return to present
workshop, training
and enrichment
2012 Orangutan SSP Field Trip
Ketapang
Orangutan
Rehabilitation
Centre
Veterinary year
long exchange
Supplies donations
Needs
assessments
2012 Orangutan SSP Field Trip
Tanjung Putting Home to 6,000
orangutans
Oil-palm plantations
border the entire
northern and eastern
borders of the Park
and are encroaching
Mining for gold and
zircon threatens the
western border of the
Park and the river
ecosystem
Thanks to the following medical
donations:
Brookfield Zoo
Como Zoo
Fossil Rim Wildlife
Center
Henry Vilas Zoo
Milwaukee County
Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Seneca Park Zoo
UC – Davis
Virginia Zoo