No Place Like the Forest

Orangutans re-learn survival skills at rehab centers in Indonesia. But not all of them, warped as they are from serving humans, can thrive in the wild again.

September 17, 2013

TANGKUY shows no sign of fear or suspicion as he interacts with strange humans he has never met. He claps his hands, rolls on the ground and jumps up and down. But that he appears a healthy, the 12-year-old orangutan belies the abnormal life he once lived.

For years, Tangkuy was deprived of life in his natural habitat. Unlike his kind in the forest, Tangkuy cannot climb a tree, build a nest or fend for himself. What he can do is wrestle and do g

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