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Online Resources

We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of August 2, 2001.

Orangutan Foundation International
http://www.orangutan.org
This group studies orangutans in the wild and works with local governments on conservation measures.

Sumatran Orangutan Society
http://www.orangutans-sos.org/index.htm
The SOS is an organization dedicated to protecting the Sumatran Orangutan and its native habitat.

Balikpapan Orangutan Society
www.orangutan.com/
BOS-USA is a non-profit organization formed to support orangutan conservation and to raise awareness in the United States of the plight of the orangutan.

Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary
www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk/sepliok.php
Learn more about the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in North Borneo which rehabilitates orphan orangutans.

The National Zoo — Think Tank Home Page
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ThinkTank/default.cfm
A companion Web site to the Think Tank research project featured on NATURE.

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
http://www.savetheorangutan.info/index_int.php
Sponsor of the Wanariset Orangutan Reintroduction Center, the wildlife program featured on Orangutans: Just Hangin’ On.

The World-Famous San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org
Home to a large exhibit of orangutans.

A Second Chance for Orangutans
http://www.wcs.org/science/wildlifehealthsci/fieldvet/oranginfo.html
A program, sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society, that relocates wild orangutans to save them from hunters and habitat loss.

Tooling Through the Trees
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_n11_v16/ai_17643237
An article about Carel van Schaik’s work with tool-using orangutans, from the November 1995 issue of DISCOVER magazine.

Print Resources

For those interested in learning more about the subjects shown in ORANGUTANS: JUST HANGIN’ ON, we recommend the following print articles and books.

Freeman, Karen. “Rescue of Besieged Orangutans Aids Research.” THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 4, 1997, C-3.

Galdikas, Birute. REFLECTIONS OF EDEN. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.

Karesh, William B. “Saving Orangutans: Taking the Offensive.” WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, January/February 1997, 43.

Kuznik, Steve. “How to Be an Orangutan.” INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE, January/February 1997, 40-44.

Nadler, Ronald D., Birute F.M. Galdikas, Lori K. Sheeran, and Norm Rosen, eds. THE NEGLECTED APE. New York: Plenum Press, 1995.

Schwartz, Jeffrey H. THE RED APE: ORANGUTANS AND HUMAN ORIGINS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987.

van Schaik, Carel and Caroline Dopyera. “The Red Ape’s Surprise.” WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, January/February 1997, 36-43.

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