Orangutan Caring Week 2011 Activities
The following organizations and individuals are planning events for Orangutan Caring (Awareness) Week 2011. If you know of any events being planned that are not listed here, kindly inform us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will post them.
Australia & New Zealand
ADELAIDE ZOO
Adelaide, SA
November 12-20, 2011
Adelaide Zoo will be participating in 2011 Orangutan Caring Week! There will be keeper talks at 1:30pm every day, where you can find out everything you wanted to know about orangutans while watching our Karta and Kluet receive some special enrichments items. You can find details of our event at http://zoossa.com.au/adelaide-zoo/special-experiences-1/events/orangutan-caring-week.
For more information, contact Monique De Silva @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Adelaide Zoo, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5000
AUSTRALIAN ORANGUTAN PROJECT
Ardross, Western Australia
November 11-12th, 2011
8am - 5pm
The Australian Orangutan Project Western Australian branch will be holding an information and merchandise stall on the 11th and 12th of November at: Garden City Shopping Centre, Risely Street, Ardross, Western Australia.
http://www.orangutan.org.au
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AUSTRALIAN ORANGUTAN PROJECT
November 14-18, 2011
As part of International Orangutan Awareness Week, lastminute.com.au is pitching in to help save the world's favourite red heads.
From 14th-18th November visit their blog www.liveeverylastminute.com.au to bid on some amazing accommodation, flight and experience prizes. You will not only be helping the Australian Orangutan Project you might just bag yourself a bargain! 100% of auction proceeds goes directly to AOP. Contact Brianna Power at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
SAVE ORANGUTANS & WITH COMPASSION & SOUL
Adelaide, South Australia
November 13, 2011
Save Orangutans and With Compassion & Soul will be having an information stall focusing on their Borneo Project at the Vegan Festival in Witmore Square, Adelaide, SA. They will be highlighting the plight of the orangutan and the palm oil issue. For more information contact Bev at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., http://www.withcompassion.com.au ; http://www.saveorangutans.org.au
AUSTRALIAN ORANGUTAN PROJECT
Melbourne, VIC
November 12, 2011
Orangutan enthusiast Andrew Gunnyon, in cooperation with Australian Orangutan Project, will be hosting a booth with information, merchandise and baked goods outside of The Kindness House, 288 Brunswick St., Fitzroy, VIC Australia. http://www.orangutan.org.au
AUSTRALIAN ORANGUTAN PROJECT
Sydney, NSW
November 13, 2011
AOP will be hosting Orangutan Awareness Day event in Sydney on Sunday the 13th of November in Belmore Park, opposite Central Station between 12pm and 3pm.
There will be merchandise for sale, information on palm oil free products, face painting, palm oil free cakes and you can even adopt your own orangutan.
AUKLAND ZOO
Aukland, New Zealand
November 12-20, 2011
Saturday 12 November - Sunday 13 November (10am - 3pm)
To celebrate Orangutan Caring Week, come along with the family on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November to Auckland Zoo and hang like an orangutan!
- Get closer to our orangutan family with our daily encounters at 12.30pm viewed from our brand new viewing platforms
- Hang like an orangutan on our kids bungy trampolines
- Get your face-painted like an orangutan
- Watch acclaimed trapeze artists performing their amazing orangutan-styled sets
- Go in the draw to win a shopping trolley full of palm oil free groceries!
- Find out how you can save an orangutan just by doing the shopping
- Sample bags of palm oil free goodies will be available to the first 500 visitors for a gold coin donation
All activities are a gold coin donation (additional to normal admission fees), and free for Friends of the Zoo.
Thanks to Hell Pizza, Jolly Time Popcorn, Lush, Proper Crisps and Whittaker's for donating palm oil free products for Orangutan Caring Week 2011.
Monday 14 November - Sunday 20 November
Daily orangutan encounters at 12.30pm from our brand new viewing platforms.
Thursday 17 November (5.30pm - 9pm) - The Great Ape Race
With our friends from Lactic Turkey Events, Auckland Zoo brings you The Great Ape Race - a fun 'oranguteering' navigation event with a difference, that's raising funds for orangutan conservation. Click here for full details...
Thanks to Frucor, Rebel Sport and Whittaker's for their support of The Great Ape Race.
Canada
Orangutan Club International
Kamloops, BC
November 12, 2011
2 pm Pacific time
A live, open, worldwide interactive video forum on the Internet for one hour. Questions for consideration: What is the situation inside Indonesia now politically and socially in terms of protecting orangutans and the rain forest? What is being done to spread the word? What could we be doing? What is the current status of orangutans? Listen to speakers, ask questions, give your own point of view by voice or instant messaging. Join the speakers: Gary Shapiro, an orangutan scientist and the president of the Orang Utan Republik, just back from Indonesia; Leif Cocks, head of the Australian Orangutan Project; and Hardi Baktiantoro, an orangutan campaigner and the head of Centre for Orangutan Protection in Indonesia. Moderator: Shawn Thompson, author of The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life of an Endangered Species. To participate, go to http://www.bigmarker.com/orangutan/crisis
Indonesia
Aceh
YAYASAN ORANGUTAN SUMATRA LESTARI-OIC
South Aceh
November 12-18, 2011
OIC's Mobile Education Team will be traveling to villages in South Aceh during Orangutan Caring Week. They will be presenting their awareness roadshow using "pedal-powered" technology. For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
West Kalimantan
GUNGUNG PALUNG ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION PROGRAM/YAYASAN PALUNG
Ketapang, West Kalimantan
November 18-29, 2011
All activities are organized by GPOCP/Yayasan Palung and our Ketapang youth volunteer group TAJAM:
18-19 November: Photo exhibits of the Environment and Non-Timber Forest Products
20 November: Orangutan Caring Night, with a panel discussion on environmental problems in Ketapang, Orangutan and Friends finger puppet competition and a theater performance.
Jakarta, Java
OUREI INDONESIA/CLUB PEDULI ORANGUTAN INDONESIA-JAKARTA
Jakarta, Java
November 20-23, 2011
OUREII and CPOI-Jakarta will be participating in Orangutan Caring Week activities at the famous Hotel Indonesia round-about in Central Jakarta. Additionally, they will be holding an exhibition in the lobby of the Parliament Building with other organizations to promote this year's theme: "Reaching Out, Far and Wide". For more information, contact Pak Marison @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or SMS at 081210195047.
Yogyakarta, Java
CENTRE FOR ORANGUTAN PROTECTION
Yogyakarta
November 17-19, 2011
Hi Orangufriends, Come to the Orangufriends Jamboree
November 17 at 3:00pm - November 19 at 3:00pm
Location: Boro Asri Menoreh, Djokja, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Mari bertemu, berbagi, saling memberi informasi, saling menginspirasi dan merayakan hutan hujan tropis di Orangufriends Jamboree. Untuk reservasi harap menghubungi Daniek Hendarto di: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Let's meet, share, exchange information, inspire each other and celebrate the tropical rain forest at Orangufriends Jamboree. For reservations please contact Daniek Hendarto at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Medan and surrounding areas in N. Sumatra
Organizations: Orangutan Caring Club-N. Sumatra, Sumatran Orangutan Society-OIC, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, and other members of the Sumatran Orangutan Consortium
CLUB PEDULI ORANGUTAN-SUMATRA UTARA
Medan, Sumatra
November 11, 2011
CPOI-SUMUT will be holding public activities on Friday, November 11 in Central Medan and surrounding areas including a convoy of "becaks"-traditional Indonesian pedicabs with grade school students to promote the orangutan. The volunteers will be passing out information, trees, stickers, brochures, and pins. For more information contact Pak Herman @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or SMS @ 085275840966.
Singapore
YAYASAN ORANGUTAN SUMATRA LESTARI-OIC
Singapore
November 15-17, 2011
OIC's founding director, Panut Hadisiswoyo, will be making a series of presentations about orangutans and what OIC is doing to help save the species during OCW including:
Nov 15: High School Students at School of the ARTS (SOTA); Nov 16: Raffles Junior College, Singapore Management University, and Youth Expedition Project (YEP); Nov 17: Public talk in the evening at national geographic shop . Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Spain
MADRID ZOO
Madrid, Spain
November 12-13, 2011
The Madrid Zoo will be participating in Orangutan Caring Week with (1) educational talks about orangutans to the general public during the weekend, (2) a special presentation:"The Apes: A Big Family" (booking required), (3) a primate monographic course for students in veterinary medicine, biology, and environmental science, focusing on orangutan issues, and (4) a quiz for kids about orangutans on the "Kid's" page of the zoo's website. For more information, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
United States
ABQ BIOPARK ZOO
Albuquerque, NM
Nov 12, 2011
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Orangutans face many threats in the wild, from habitat loss to poaching. Today, both remaining species are considered endangered. The good news is: YOU can help! Find out how by visiting the ABQ BioPark Zoo for Orangutan Care Day. Come learn about conservation efforts underway and discover the fascinating natural history of orangutans and other great apes. Visitors can help create enrichment items to be given to the zoo's orangutans, touch biofacts and learn how "Our Actions Matter!" when it comes to protecting one of our planet's most intelligent primates. http://www.cabq.gov/biopark/zoo/events/orangutan-care-day/
AUDUBON ZOO
New Orleans, LA
Nov 12-20, 2011
The Audubon Zoo will have an information table in front of the orangutan exhibit on both weekends, 11/12-11/13 and 11/19-11/20, with biofacts, posters, and lots more for visitors to look at and touch. Also on the weekend days keeper chats will be given at 1:30pm. On the weekdays, the keepers will be giving orangutan treat tosses at 1:30pm where keepers will be informing visitors about Orangutan Caring Week. The keepers will also give information about our Sumatran orangutans, Berani, Feliz, and baby Menari, who are on display daily!
BIRMINGHAM ZOO
Birmingham, AL
Nov 2011
The Birmingham Zoo plans to participate in Orangutan Caring Week. Specific information will be posted when it becomes available.
CAMERON PARK ZOO
Waco, TX
Nov. 12-20, 2011
Cameron Park Zoo will kick off Orangutan Caring Week on November 12th with their annual Wildlife Wonderland Day where animals enjoy a variety of enrichment activities and Zoo guests can participate in creating some of the enrichment devices. Throughout the week at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Zoo visitors can enjoy watching the orangutans receive enrichment and participate in training sessions while zookeepers give presentations aimed at enhancing awareness about this magnificent species. Visitors can register to win a painting created by the zoo's Orangutans. Check out the Cameron Park Zoo Facebook page each day between November 13th and 20th to learn interesting facts about orangutans. https://www.facebook.com/cameronparkzoo. http://www.cameronparkzoo.com
CENTER FOR GREAT APES
Wauchula, FL
Nov. 12-20, 2011
The Center for Great Apes will be celebrating OCW in a very special way. Dreads for Reds: Show you care during Orangutan Caring Week with bright orange clip-on hair extensions. Wear yours all week to show support for orangutans. Buy them from the online gift shop today! http://tinyurl.com/cbxwem5
Visit their Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/CenterForGreatApes.
http://www.centerforgreatapes.org
COMO PARK ZOO
St. Paul, MN
Nov. 5-6, 2011
Como Park Zoo in St. Paul MN is having an orangutan awareness weekend, November 5-6 with educational and interpretive activities that teach about the endangered orangutan. http://www.comozooconservatory.org/
DUMOND CONSERVANCY
Miami, FL
November 12-20, 2011
The DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forest's Inc., a not-for profit scientific organization located on the grounds of Monkey Jungle in South Miami-Dade County will be celebrating Orangutan Caring Week. Keepers will be informing visitors about Orangutan Caring Week throughout the week. There will be an information and activity table next to the Orangutan enclosure on 11/12-11/13 and 11/19-11/20. http://www.dumondconservancy.org/
EL PASO ZOO
El Paso, TX
Nov 12-20, 2011
El Paso Zoo will celebrate International Orangutan Caring Week from November 12-20 to create awareness about Orangutans and their habitats. Visitors will learn about Ibu, the zoo's Sumatran Orangutan, and find out what the zoo is doing to help save Orangutans from becoming extinct. Zoo visitors will also discover ways they can make a difference and will have the opportunity to get involved.
Visitors can take part in the following daily activities throughout the week:
• Orangutan Enrichment programs from 12:30 - 1 p.m.;
• Orangutan and Palm Oil learning station at Orangutan exhibit;
• Take action opportunities include learning how to shop smart and get involved in other ways.
When: Saturday, November 12 - Sunday November 20
Orangutan exhibit and Asia Discovery Center
10 a.m. - 4 pm.
Where: El Paso Zoo, 4001 E. Paisano, El Paso, TX 79905
HENRY VILAS ZOO
Madison, WI
November 12-20th
Join us at the Primate House to celebrate International Orangutan Caring Week November 12-20th! We will be having special activities in honor of our orangutans on Saturday, November 12th. From 1-3pm on Saturday the 12th we will have fun activities that talk about orangutans and their habitat. Also learn about our own resident orangutans from the staff.
http://vilaszoo.org/events/index.php?category_id=5143
HOUSTON ZOO/WORTHAM WORLD OF PRIMATES
Houston, TX
Nov 12-20, 2011
International Orangutan Caring Week is observed globally from Nov. 12 to Nov. 20. And during that same period, the Houston Zoo's primate staff will conduct a Meet the Keeper Talk at the Wortham World of Primates orangutan habitat daily at 12:00 PM.
Plus, visit our booth at the orangutan exhibit to shop for painted magnets, photo note cards, and many other items to raise funds to protect them in the wild. We will have available the beautiful one-of-a-kind orangutan painted Christmas ornaments, that can only be purchased once a year at this event. http://www.houstonzoo.org/en/cev/609
JACKSON ZOO
Jackson, MS
November 12, 2011
The Jackson Zoological Society will be celebrating Orangutan Caring Week at the Jackson Zoo on Saturday, November 12, 2011. For more information contact Anne at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO
Omaha, NE
November 12, 2011
Join Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo on Saturday, November 12, 2011 to celebrate Orangutan Awareness Week. There will be special keeper talks at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in Hubbard Orangutan Forest to learn about ways you can help save the orangutans. Event activities are free to Omaha's Zoo members or with regular paid Zoo admission. http://www.omahazoo.com
ORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION
Los Angeles, CA
November 13, 2011 - 12pm-1pm
Orang Utan Republik Foundation President Gary Shapiro will appear on LA Talk Radio (internet radio) to discuss the organization, his experiences with orangutans and the importance of celebrating the species during Orangutan Caring Week. To log in, click on http://www.latalkradio.com/Paula.php
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STAR ECOSTATIONCulver City, CA
November 19, 2011 - 10am
The Orang Utan Republik Foundation will give a free presentation to the public about orangutans at the Star Ecostation Envt'l Educ and Exotic Wildlife Center, 10101 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. A free tour of the facility will follow after the presentation.For more information about the Star Ecostation call 310-842-8060 or visit www.ecostation.org; for more information about the presentation, call Lesa Miller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 703-587-7389.
OREGON ZOO
Portland, OR
November 20, 2011
Oregon Zoo will participate in Orangutan Caring Week by having activities on the closing day of the special week. More details will be posted when available. http://www.oregonzoo.org/
SACRAMENTO ZOO
Sacramento, CA
November 19 & 20, 2011
Greater Sac AAZK cares about Orangutans! Join us this weekend for extra Orangutan activities and enrichment. If you have gently used purses or jewelry bring it. We will be donating the items to Allie and her fundraiser Purses for Primates
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TAMPA'S LAWRY PARK ZOO
Tampa, FL
November 12-20, 2011
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo will be celebrating Orangutan Caring Week There will be informational talks given by zookeepers during the week, as well as displays detailing the threats orangutans are facing in the wild. Docents will be available to answer questions throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday (November 19-20). TLPZ hopes to help raise awareness of the plight of wild orangutans. Only by being aware will people start to care. For more information, contact the Zoo at 813-935-8552 or visit http://www.lowryparkzoo.com
VIRGINIA ZOO
Norfolk, VA
November 12-20, 2011
As part of Orangutan Caring Week, the Virginia Zoo will be holding daily keeper chats at 2 p.m. in front of the Orangutan Day Room in our Asia - Trail of the Tiger exhibit Nov. 12-20. For more information, visit http://www.virginiazoo.org/
ZOO MIAMI
Miami, FL
Nov. 12-13 and 19-20, 2011
10am-4pm
The Docents and Volunteers at Zoo Miami Zoo will be hosting Orangutan Awareness Week Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12-13 and Nov. 19-20, 10am-4pm. There will be tables full of educational displays, biofacts, fun interactives, free temporary tattoos and more! Come learn all about our resident orangutans, Bonnie and Mango, at the Zookeeper Talk 11:30am daily.
http://www.miamimetrozoo.com
United Kingdom
ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION, UK
London, England
Nov. 14-20 and Orange For Orangutan Day© Nov 16, 2011
Orangutan Awareness Week takes place every November to draw attention to the challenges faced by wild orangutans and their rainforest home and to highlight how ordinary people can help both, including by fund-raising. To encourage the widest possible UK participation, the Orangutan Foundation names one day of each Orangutan Awareness Week as Orange For Orangutan Day© – a time when groups and individuals can demonstrate how much they care, by adding orange zest to everyday life. For 2011, Awareness Week takes place from Monday 14th November to Sunday 20th November. Orange For Orangutan Day© is Wednesday 16th November and we'd greatly value your involvement in it. For more information please visit www.orangutan.org.uk
ORANGUTAN APPEAL UK
Brockenhurst, New Forest
Nov. 14-20, 2011
It's that time of the year again; Orangutan Awareness Week will be taking place all this week (14th-20th November), giving us all the perfect opportunity to get involved and spread awareness about the plight of orangutans. Join the girls at Orangutan Appeal HQ in wearing your PJs to work on Friday 18th November! We're asking for everyone to join in the fun and donate £1 or however much they can afford to the Appeal. For more information visit Orangutan-Appeal.org.uk
Individuals Planning to Take Action:
- Shannon Fitzsimmons: My proposed orangutan event is being held in the Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia. I hope to email you some pics from the event... there might be multiple events. I was thinking of doing the ape joke jar and charging people $1 to select a joke from the jar. I'll be taking the joke jar around my office at work (hopefully), and to my neighbours and friends. And maybe a stand at the local shops and weekend markets.
- Sharon Williams of Warkworth, Northumberland, England will be selling items on Ebay with all proceeds going toward orangutan conservation in honor of OCW.
