Category Archives: Latest News From Sumatra

Semeru continues to progress well in the Bukit Tigapuluh jungle. It’s a bountiful fruiting season so that means he doesn’t have to travel far to find food. Semeru’s daily activities are made up of travelling, foraging and resting. A very … Continue reading →

Semeru has been doing very well in the jungle looking more confident and comfortable in his surroundings. He usually wakes between 6am and 6.30am in the morning and immediately starts foraging for food around his night resting location. He is … Continue reading →

15 January 2012 After a short spell at the release station, Semeru is doing well back in the jungle, eating fruit and leaves and sleeping in the canopy. He’s constructing excellent night nests, sometimes making two or three a night … Continue reading →

21 November 2011 From Kylie Bullo, Perth Zoo Senior Orangutan Keeper, at the release station in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Semeru has continued to develop valuable forest skills as more time passes here at Bukit Tigapuluh. The highlight of week … Continue reading →

14 November 2011 From Kylie Bullo, Perth Zoo Senior Orangutan Keeper, at the release station in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Semeru took on a new identity at the beginning of his second week of release, behaving like a wild orangutan. … Continue reading →

7 November 2011 From Kylie Bullo, Perth Zoo Senior Orangutan Keeper, at the release station in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The first week of Semeru’s release has had many high points but of course there is still a lot for … Continue reading →

From Kylie Bullo, Perth Zoo Senior Orangutan Keeper, at the release station in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. We started at 4.45am so we could be at Semeru’s night tree by 5.30am. Violet got up early and came over to check … Continue reading →

From Kylie Bullo, Perth Zoo Senior Orangutan Keeper, at the release station in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. After completing two weeks of quarantine, Semeru’s enclosure door was opened at 8.40am. A female orangutan named Violet was released at the same … Continue reading →

From Clare Campbell, Perth Zoo Primate Supervisor, in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Today there were two orangutans, Barcelona and MU, in the trees outside Semeru’s enclosure while a keeper was giving him his food. Semeru watched them intently and if … Continue reading →

From Clare Campbell, Perth Zoo Primate Supervisor, in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Semeru is now happy to take food from keepers other than Sam and I which is very good. When he’s released, his trackers may have to give him … Continue reading →