Orangutan Adoption in a Box

Durrell has produced the perfect gift so that you can help us to save species from extinction. You can adopt Gempa our Sumatran orangutan baby boy who loves playing with his brothers and sisters at Durrell wildlife park in Jersey, where he has plenty of space to explore with climbing structures, ropes and platforms galore. Gempa’s species is greatly endangered in the wild and he is part of an international breeding and study programme to help ensure the survival of orangutan’s in their natural habitats in Sumatra. bThe Sumatran orangutan is the most threatened of the six great ape species – the least threatened is of course the human.b The orangutan really is ‘King of the Swingers’; it is the world’s largest tree dwelling animal and is superbly adapted for the high life. Sadly, if the uncontrolled destruction of their forest habitat continues, very soon there will be none of these shy and secretive apes left in the wild. bOrangutan Adoption in a Boxb Scientific name Pongo abelii Animal Type Mammal Location The island of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago Conservation Status Critically Endangered