NG KIDS heads to the island of Borneo to discover how a sanctuary helps orphaned orang-utans to survive in the wild...


Swinging on a rope, Ceria reaches out his long arms to grab a nearby tree branch. The playful young orang-utan jumps onto it, but it’s too


weak to hold his weight and... snap! The ape tumbles to the ground. Thankfully, Ceria isn’t hurt as he’s landed on soft grass, but he’s learnt a valuable lesson today – always test a branch before you leap!


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A shaky start Ceria is one of 25 orang-utans living at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah, northern Borneo – an island in southeast Asia. Like many of the apes here, Ceria is an orphan. Separated from his mother in their forest home, Ceria found his way into the hands of a security guard, who worked on an oil palm plantation. “Ceria was kept by the guard as a pet from the age of two months,” Sepilok’s visiting vet, Dr Jason Parker, tells NG KIDS. “For six months, he was fed a diet of milk, rice and even sausage! When he came to the centre he was in a bad way, but now he’s eating the right food like fruit and leaves. He’s doing great!”


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Orphan Ceria is safe in the sanctuary


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