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NARRATOR: On the edge of
the Borneo Rainforest,

in Indonesia, there's a
school like no other.

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Where the class is made up of
rescued orphaned orangutans.

They are here to learn skills
so important it will make the

difference between
life and death...

But for a devoted team of vets
and keepers looking after an

unruly gang of
orangutans isn't easy.

KARMELE: Yeah it's a
challenge, there's no book,

you know, in how to
rehabilitate an Orangutan.

CHRISTINE: At the end of the
day if I'm covered in poop and

pee and sweat I
consider it a good day.

NARRATOR: The goal is simple.

That every orphan will learn
the ways of the forest:

to climb a tree and forage for
themselves, and eventually be

given a second chance,

to be released and live
in the wild again.

KARMELE: Finally we got chance
to give him his freedom again.

Final total freedom.

(theme music plays).

NARRATOR: In Borneo,
West Kalimantan,

the rehabilitation of orangutans
starts early each day.

In charge of the center is
Spanish Vet Karmele Sanchez.

She's dedicated the last
10 years of her life to

saving wildlife in Indonesia.

KARMELE: We are now going to
take the Orangutans out;

there is one orangutan who is the naughty
one so you have to be careful.

Hello Melky!

Hello Melky.

We try to get the orangutans
out in the forest as soon as

possible, when the sun rises.

NARRATOR: Orangutans are
close relatives of ours,

and prone to our diseases, so the staff
wear masks to protect them.

With over 60 orangutans
in their care, getting the

younger ones to school in
the morning is a challenge.

KARMELE: We use the
wheelbarrows because it's just

an easier way to take
them all in the forest.

It's like little children; they
all want to do their own thing.

AYU: Ok, this group is the
biggest Orangutan in the forest,

they're more naughty
more aggressive,

it's more challenge to put
them back to the forest.

NARRATOR: The orangutans head
off to the forest to learn the

vital skills their mothers
would have taught them to

survive in the wild.

The ones with the most to
learn are in baby school.

Vet Christine,
leads the class.

CHRISTINE: Baby school is
definitely an interesting place,

that's kind of where maybe the bulk of our
rehabilitation takes place,

but it kind is its own
living breathing machine.

NARRATOR: Christine has left behind
her life in Wisconsin, USA,

to help with
the orphans recovery.

CHRISTINE: So this is
breakfast for them, we've got

it tied to trees basically to get them
up and climbing searching

for food in the trees.

NARRATOR: For a baby Orangutan
the most dangerous place to be

is on the ground, as they
are prone to predators.

So lesson one, the most
important lesson, is getting

off the ground and
up into the trees.

CHRISTINE: You can see the
heights marked on the trees,

we basically need to know at what heights
they are hanging out,

if they're more likely to
be on the ground then they

are probably not ready
to go to the forest.

NARRATOR: Top of the class
is 3 year old Joyce,

the oldest and largest baby.

CHRISTINE: Joyce is up there
in the top of the tree, and

not sure she's ready to make a
nest yet, but it's a good sign

that she's up and climbing.

NARRATOR: But some still
have a lot to learn.

Though they might seem carefree,

they all have a
tragic background.

they're orphans and the victims
of rainforest destruction.

Orangutans are now
on the brink of extinction.

Their homes have been cleared for
logging and palm oil production.

Unless they're rescued the
adults are often killed and

the babies sold into
the illegal pet trade.

KARMELE: Before we even talk
about rehabilitation we have

to rescue them.

We rescue all these
orangutans from death.

NARRATOR: But they're wild
animals and the team from

International Animal Rescue
must be skilled in the use of

anesthetic dart guns, to
sedate the adults before

rescuing them.

KARMELE: We also rescue a
lot of these orangutans from

misery you known from cages,
chains and from

horrible horrible situations
that you wonder

how an orangutan
can survive.

NARRATOR: Many bear the
scars of their captivity.

Rickina has a head wound from
a machete that most likely

killed her mother.

Since arrival at the center,
she's turned to classmate

Rocky for support and
they've become inseparable.

Close bonds often form between
the orphans; not surprising as

in the wild they would live with
their mothers for up to eight years,

longer than
any other great ape.

CHRISTINE: It's curious some
of the relationships that form

they often get really close.

It's a way of comforting each
other, but it's also good to

see them kinda find their own way
and gain some independence.

NARRATOR: To encourage the
babies to climb high into the

trees where they would naturally
spend most of their lives,

requires some coaxing.

That's a job for
Lisa Burtenshaw,

who sold her business in the UK

to take charge of enrichment
for the orangutans.

LISA: They are very clever, I
think they associate me with

enrichment and as soon as I
show up anywhere it's like

oh, what's she is
got for us today.

NARRATOR: The tasty treats
today are logs filled with

porridge and honey.

LISA: Yeah porridge and honey,
they love it but you get

absolutely covered,

and then you attract
bees and wasps and...

Surprisingly a lot of
orangutans when they arrive

are actually quite frightened
of tree-climbing and don't

like the heights, so we do
everything we can to encourage

them to climb the trees.

Hello.

And I've gotta be able to
climb like an orangutan to

fit this one in.

There we go.

Here we've got
Joyce and Gunung.

Joyce seems more intent on

actually getting the
dipping log down itself

rather than what's in it.

They're up off the floor,
they're in the trees, they're

interested in
their enrichment.

NARRATOR: Foraging in a rotten
tree trunk might land these

babies a tasty
meal of termites.

It's an important lesson for
the future, and it means

they are off the ground.

LISA: Come on Rickina.

NARRATOR: Rocky and
Rickina are still not

rising to the challenge so Lisa
gives them a helping hand.

LISA: Rickina is actually
quite a good climber when she

puts her mind to it, but
unfortunately Rocky tends to

pull her down out
the trees a lot.

Still got a long
way to go yet.

NARRATOR: High flyer Joyce has
pretty much mastered the tree

climbing lessons
of baby school.

But Vet, Siska, has noticed
she's also being held back.

FRANSISKA: Joyce here has a
boyfriend named Gunung and

I saw that Joyce actually
she wants explore but

Gunung holds her because Gunung
is still afraid but you see that

Joyce is quite a personality.

NARRATOR: Wherever Joyce goes,
love-struck Gunung is

never far behind.

The lessons of the forest can
be tiring for young babies and

by afternoon they've worn out
the class and it's home-time.

But there's a problem.

Eight babies went out and
there's only six coming home.

Joyce has led boyfriend
Gunung off into the forest.

CHRISTINE: Gunung, Joyce.

Yay a ya.

the two who have gone to play
a little bit far are Joyce and

Gunung and they seem to be the
best of friends these days.

Yo, yo, yo.

Nung, nung.

So they're getting a little
bit more adventurous, but as

orphans they need that extra
care at night so wouldn't be

safe for them to
stay on their own.

I'm just trying to get some eyes
on them before they go to far.

NARRATOR: The two babies have
never spent the night in the

forest on their own, and they do
not have the skills to survive.

Christine must track them
down before darkness falls.

CHRISTINE: Gunung!

NARRATOR: In Borneo at
the International Animal Rescue center,

two of the baby
orangutans are missing.

CHRISTINE: I can hear Gunung
making some noises,

he's crying a little bit.

NARRATOR: Gunung's high
pitched cries lead Christine

to the two runaways.

CHRISTINE: They're hanging
out in this tree, just kind of

looking at me like they don't,
they don't really care to come home.

They love to toy with us.

NARRATOR: Babies would
normally spend the night in

nests protected
by their mothers.

CHRISTINE: I know, come on.

NARRATOR: But these two orphans
at less than three years old are

still too young to
sleep out in the forest.

To tempt them down, Christine
tries a little bribery.

CHRISTINE: We've got a little
bit of juice and some fruit to

try and entice them in.

I thought so, she's
notoriously thirsty.

NARRATOR: Joyce takes the
bait and leads Gunung down.

He's still clinging on.

CHRISTINE: Works every time.

The adventurous twosome today.

NARRATOR: It's a good sign
that babies Joyce and Gunung

are showing some independence.

The next phase of their
rehabilitation, Forest School,

will be much tougher.

KARMELE: This is the second grade school,
where they can start

testing what it is to be free
and testing what it is to be

in a forest.

NARRATOR: Forest school, is a class of
nearly 50 juvenile Orangutans.

Older and stronger they
aren't afraid of a little rough and tumble

KARMELE: So you can see it's
a challenge, because they all

start to be quite naughty.

NARRATOR: It's the school of
hard knocks, where they must

master the art of life in the
trees and the essential skills

of foraging for food and
building a nest for the night.

KARMELE: We can never replace
a mother; we are never going

to be able to teach them.

NARRATOR: There are some forest
skills the humans cannot teach.

Building a nest in the wild is passed down
from generation to generation.

Here they can only
learn from each other.

KARMELE: Actually when orangutans
in this area make a nest and decide to

stay overnight in the forest, we
don't force them to go back to

the cages, we're actually very
pleased because you know,

this is an indication you know,
that there is some progress.

NARRATOR: But even if they've
worked out how to build their

own bed for the night, it
doesn't necessarily mean they

get to sleep in it.

Penny gets herself
comfortable, but she's in for

a rude awakening...

When larger and more
aggressive Prima moves in.

It's a tough life in the trees.

And for new arrivals like Santi

rehabilitation can
be a steep learning curve.

KARMELE: Santi is just in
the first stages of the

rehabilitation, because we
rescued her as one of the last

orangutans that we rescued.

NARRATOR: Santi was brought
into the center five months ago,

yet another abandoned pet.

Fed on a diet of cakes and
bread, her only future was

a slow death in a cage.

KARMELE: Apparently the owner
didn't want to take care of her anymore,

because according to the owner
well it was too expensive.

NARRATOR: Santi, spent
two months in quarantine.

Now after three months
playing in the forest,

she's graduated
from baby school.

But her lost years as a
pet means she still has

a huge amount to learn.

KARMELE: For an orangutan that
has never been in a forest,

it's a long process of
learning so the rehabilitation

is challenging.

Some of them are just too
dependent on humans, but yeah

I think Santi is going to have
probably 3, 4 years ahead to

complete her rehabilitation.

NARRATOR: But Sante does have
a natural advantage over

her male classmates.

KARMELE: Girls do much better than boys,
for the obvious reasons!

They spend much more time on
the top of the trees, they are

more independent.

It's always the
boys that are...

that tend to be naughty,
bite all the time, biting.

Spending a lot of
time on the ground.

Oooooh!

NARRATOR: So the biggest
challenge for the team is to

get the male orangutans
schooled in the rules of the

wild before they become too big
and dangerous to manage.

Like tough guy Melky.

KARMELE: Melky is the king of
all the juvenile orangutans

here, he is the dominant one.

We have to be very delicate,
because when he gets upset

he can get aggressive.

NARRATOR: Melky was
rescued from the large city of

Pontianak four years ago, and
had just like Santi, had little

idea of what it was
to be an orangutan.

A slow learner, Melky is now
the oldest in his class and

uses his size to
get his own way.

But it's around dinner
time where he earns his

school bully title.

But if Melky is ever to be
released, he will have to know

how to fend for himself.

Already seven years old,
Melky is running out of time.

KARMELE: Melky is getting to
an age in which he will have

to learn faster, we need him to speed up
the process of rehabilitation.

We want him to spend more time
foraging on the top of the trees

NARRATOR: If Melky
doesn't change his ways,

and learn to be self-reliant

the team won't be
able to release him,

and he faces the rest
of his life in a cage.

NARRATOR: Every day
there are new arrivals.

While the other orangutans
play in the forest,

the rescued newcomers must
stay inside until they have

a clean bill of health.

CHRISTINE: In quarantine at the moment
we have two little babies.

If there's anything
that can put the rest of the

population in danger we
basically make sure that

they're free of those diseases
before they can be introduced.

NARRATOR: These two
babies are Bonita and Anjas.

CHRISTINE: Okay Anjas!

NARRATOR: Anjas was rescued from
a life as a pet and today will

undergo a series of medical
tests to make sure he's not

a risk to the rest
of the population.

CHRISTINE: Anjas is kind of
special case; he came to us

from the pet trade and for
about three years he was owned

by a couple near Pontianak.

NARRATOR: Treated like a human
baby, Anjas lived a life far

removed from that
of a wild Orangutan.

WOMAN: He's like my own baby.

NARRATOR: But despite all
the attention, his human owner

could have been
killing him with kindness.

He was bathed, clothed and
had an unhealthy human diet

high in starchy rice,
washed down with sweet tea.

CHRISTINE: Certainly we all
care for the orangutans here,

but in a different way where
we want them to exist in

their natural habitat.

AYU: Ok.

NARRATOR: Now Anjas must
have a full medical check

under anesthetic to reveal any
health problems caused by

a life with humans.

An examination reveals
his captivity led to an injury to his foot

CHRISTINE: It looks like he
had a strangulating injury,

maybe a string or something
got wrapped around his foot,

his toes so he's unable
to kind of straighten this one.

NARRATOR: This could be a
problem if he is to learn to climb trees.

CHRISTINE: This is what we're
going to take some X-rays of

just to make sure there's
no changes in his bones.

X-ray.

NARRATOR: His rich diet has
left a worrying legacy of

tooth decay.

CHRISTINE: He used to drink
a lot of sweet tea too...

AYU: Sweet tea in the morning,

and then he'd like
the chocolate snacks.

NARRATOR: But the biggest
risk of captivity is disease.

Orangutans share 97% of our
DNA, and Anjas may have

caught a human infection
that could be deadly to

the center's
orangutan population.

CHRISTINE: Probably the most
important testing that we do

is for tuberculosis.

NARRATOR: To test if Anjas
harbors the deadly disease,

they inject into his delicate
eyelid skin an antigen that

should show if he's
been exposed to TB.

CHRISTINE: It looks a little
odd but it's probably the most

sensitive area to gauge a
reaction on an orangutan.

NARRATOR: The other baby
in quarantine is Bonita.

She's already had her tests
and is waiting on the results.

Christine decides to give her
some time outside of her cage.

CHRISTINE: While they're being
monitored for their health

they don't get the chance to
kind of experience the trees

so we try to take them to this
area so that they can get a

little practice and mostly the
ones that come from the

pet trade are unaware that
they're orangutans they've

never been in a tree.

NARRATOR: Before arriving at
the center, home for Bonita

was a mining camp
and a life in chains.

Now she must take the first steps
to freedom and a life in the trees.

CHRISTINE: So I'm just using
the porridge, kind of made it

sticky so that I can put
it in the trees and kind of

encourage her to be up there.

But it's a long process,
this is kind of a baby step.

NARRATOR: The porridge does
the trick and she cautiously

makes a move.

CHRISTINE: Bonita is
definitely attached to humans,

she needs that security a
little bit, that contact, so

she's not quite as outgoing as
others but she'll get there.

NARRATOR: Finally the instinct
kicks in, and she's soon at

home in the branches.

CHRISTINE: Feeling frisky.

Wooah that one's
not strong enough.

It's another thing
they have to learn.

NARRATOR: But if Bonita is to
join the others in baby school

and start the lengthy process
of learning how to live in

the forests of Borneo,

she will need to pass all
of her health checks.

NARRATOR: The team of vets and
keepers are struggling to cope

with a group of Orangutans
that are getting too big for

forest school, but have yet to
master the skills of the wild.

To spare them from a life
behind bars, Karmele's team

have undertaken a
bold experiment.

KARMELE: Now this is a new
stage it's a whole new area of

opportunities for us.

NARRATOR: Using an excavator
to dig a canal, in just a few

months they carved an island
nearly 15 acres in size that's

to act as a
stepping stone to freedom.

KARMELE: Rather than a caged
orangutan it's a caged forest.

NARRATOR: If it works, the
island will be a finishing

school for the big bruisers
who still have more to learn,

but who need
their independence.

KARMELE: Getting the island is almost like
a dream coming true, you know

NARRATOR: Now an army
of volunteers are in

the final stages
of construction.

Orangutans rarely swim
but as a precaution they're

installing an
electrified perimeter fence.

LISA: We're cementing in the
posts today, which are going

to be for the electric fence,
one extra deterrent to keep

the orangutan on the island.

the logistics of everything
out here has been so difficult

because of the size of the island
and it's not easy access to get here,

everything we've had
to carry over by hand,

literally carrying over a log.

LEO: So we're just starting to put the
electric wire around.

Obviously we've got to get it
all the way round in a circuit

of the island and we're going
to put three different lines on,

so that makes 3.6 kilometers
we've got to go and then when

we're ready we'll put the energizer on
and electrify the wire.

NARRATOR: With over two miles
of wire to go the volunteers

need to get a move on as the
island has already caught the

eye of a couple of
escapees from Forest school.

KARMELE: Bunga Amin!

(whistles).

There are a couple of orangutans
from the forest school,

it's actually Bunga and Amin.

Both of them are particularly
naughty and they are the ones

that always leave the group and
they want to explore further

that's why actually they are
potential candidates to go on

this island, because once they
are on the island there is no

way for them to escape, and
they are basically here on

their own, it's fine there is
quite enough water now they

are not going to
be able to cross.

Ok let's go because they are calling them
so they know already

NARRATOR: Karmele needs to
have the island safe haven

ready for the more difficult
Orangutans as soon as possible.

She's all too aware of what
a life in captivity means

KARMELE: Hi.
Big boy hey.

This is Monte, this is
our biggest Orangutan.

only males have cheek pads
basically the cheek pads is a

way that they show
their dominance.

So Monte he is really the
king of our center,

he is the biggest, the strongest
and he's also very handsome.

If I was a female Orangutan I
would probably fall for him.

NARRATOR: Monte was
rescued four years ago.

Since he was a baby he was kept in a cage
so small he couldn't stand up,

and as a result his legs have
been permanently damaged.

KARMELE: Monte had spent in
captivity his whole life,

probably 13 to 15 years.

His legs didn't
function properly.

I remember he was moved in the cage
and his legs were trembling.

NARRATOR: Aged nearly 20, he's too old
to learn the ways of the forest.

Even here at the center Monte
has to be kept in a large cage

for the safety of
those caring for him.

Adult orangutans can be up to seven times
stronger than a human.

KARMELE: This Orangutan with
just one hand would just like

probably break my
neck basically you know.

He is very, very strong.

So you know we cannot just
take him by the hand to the

forest like we do with the juveniles or
the babies you know.

Unfortunately we don't think
that he will be a candidate to

be released into the wild.

He's never been in a forest,
so I do not think he would be

able to find food,
he wouldn't be able to survive.

there is never a cage
big enough you know for an

orangutan but we are hoping
we can actually give Monte

a much better life.

NARRATOR: For Monte
rescue came far too late.

But the team has recently
recovered another fully-grown

male they've called Kaliba,
who is now ready to be

released to a new forest home.

KARMELE: Kaliba is
now at the quarantine.

I want to go have a look
very quietly, I don't want to

disturb him because tonight
he's going to have a long

journey all the way to the
release site but I just want

to check on his condition.

NARRATOR: Kaliba has been kept
in isolation at the center for

two months, while the team
checked he's disease free

and searched for a
safe habitat for him.

He was rescued from an area
nearby that used to be forest

but had been almost completely
cleared for farmland.

In situations like this
due to loss of habitat,

orangutans and humans
often come into conflict,

competing for space and food.

If the rescue team don't
anesthetize and remove

the orangutan from
that environment,

it stands little
chance of survival.

As Kaliba is from the wild
and knows how to survive,

he doesn't need rehabilitation,
just a new forest to call home.

Karmele has found
a release site,

but it takes 12
hours to get there

and the relocation of a fully
grown male can be dangerous.

KARMELE: He's obviously a very
strong orangutan and there is

always a risk when we
handle orangutans this big,

potentially aggressive as well,
and we always have to be very careful.

NARRATOR: For the safety of
Kaliba and the team they will

wait until the cool of night
to undertake the risky operation.

NARRATOR: It's late afternoon
and Vet Christine has just

received some good news about
one of their new babies, Bonita.

CHRISTINE: Bonita has been in quarantine
for about seven weeks,

it's about
time for her to move on.

She passes quarantine.

NARRATOR: After a lifetime
surrounded by humans, Bonita

must now begin to discover
how to be an orangutan.

At baby school.

AYU: Hello.
Rocky and Rickina.

NARRATOR: Bonita is introduced
to the other babies.

It's the first time she comes face to face
with her classmates.

CHRISTINE: See she's a bit
clingy with the baby sitter

now I think she's curious
that's a good indicator that

she'll take a little bit of
time, but I think she'll get

used to everybody and
start climbing pretty soon.

NARRATOR: Slowly Bonita takes
her first brave steps into the

trees to join the others.

CHRISTINE: Bonita's chances for release
are looking pretty good.

You know, in a few minutes
she's starting to climb,

so after the entire rehabilitation process
I think she'll be ready.

AYU: Bonita will stay here and
I guess will have a free life

like in the forest,
she deserve to have it.

NARRATOR: For Bonita these are
the first steps on a journey

that may take four years of
playing and learning in the

trees before she's
ready to be released.

That time has now come
for Kaliba, an adult male

orangutan who has
just cleared quarantine.

To minimize risk, the
operation to transport him to

a release site will take place
in the cool of night, when

he's more likely to sleep.

The full team of vets and
keepers have been called in

just in case
anything goes wrong.

KARMELE: We always have to be
careful, it's a wild orangutan

and an orangutan this big
could potentially break-up the

transport cage and you know
that could be a big problem.

NARRATOR: First Kaliba must be
sedated so he can be moved and

safely undergo a
medical check.

KARMELE: We have to blow
dart him and as soon as he's

sedated we're going to bring
him here and put him in a transport cage.

NARRATOR: The team must get
him into his cage before the

drugs wear off and he
wakes up for the long journey.

So the most difficult task for
vet Christine is to administer

Kaliba with the right
dose of anesthetic.

CHRISTINE: The anesthetic
is kind of one of the most

particular parts of
this whole process.

There's always lots of
concerns with moving a big

orangutan because if they wake
up they could do some damage.

NARRATOR: To make the task
even more difficult,

Christine must hit Kaliba
with an anesthetic blow dart

in almost total darkness.

KARMELE: Ok, he's awake.

(banging on cage).

CHRISTINE: It was pretty
difficult to see, but we think

the dart went in so we're
timing him now and hopefully

he'll fall asleep soon.

NARRATOR: Finally Kaliba
is asleep and can be moved.

The team must conduct a
quick medical check before he wakes up.

KARMELE: He's breathing
ok, his heart is stable.

Yeah he's doing alright.

NARRATOR: Kaliba is given
the reversal drug to

counteract the anesthetic.

CHRISTINE: We want to make
sure that he's awake for the

journey so that he doesn't
have any problems in the cage

that we would have
to intervene for.

KARMELE: He's woken
up very quickly so,

I think he's
doing alright.

NARRATOR: Awake and in his
transport cage, Kaliba begins

the long journey
back to freedom.

The team must drive through
the night to reach an area of

forest that is big enough
for a new adult orangutan.

KARMELE: It is not easy to
find a release site nowadays

because all the forest is
being wiped out, so actually

this orangutan was rescued
just about seven kilometers

away from the center.

We have to take him all the
way down to this location

because around the area
there is no more forest.

NARRATOR: The race is on, as
they can only keep Kaliba calm

in his cage for so long.

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KARMELE: Hey, Kaliba.

NARRATOR: After a long night
on the road they've reached

Mount Tarak, that borders
a national park with over

200,000 acres of
protected forest.

KARMELE: Yeah he's fine a
little stressed out yeah,

vocalizing quite a lot.

But he's doing pretty well
he's not trying to break the

cage which is a relief.

NARRATOR: They've hired a
team of local porters to carry

Kaliba the three miles
to the release site

KARMELE: These guys are quite used to it,
they have helped us before.

I'm pretty confident
they are really good.

You'll see.

NARRATOR: At approximately
25 years old, Kaliba weighs

nearly 130 pounds but his
reinforced cage is another 200.

KARMELE: We are
almost ready to go now.

(speaking native language).

KARMELE: We left last night
around 12:00 in the evening and

now it's like 9:00 in the
morning it's been already nine

hours in the transport cage, so
now the priority is to try to

reach the release site
as soon as possible.

Yeah but what they are
doing is amazing you know,

they are taking on their
shoulders 150 kilograms

and you know, some of
them are barefoot.

I think it's amazing
you know what they do.

NARRATOR: Before
bringing Kaliba here,

Dr Gail Campbell-Smith and her
team studied every aspect

of the forest to be sure it can
safely support the survival

of a new Orangutan.

GAIL: I've been looking at
what's been fruiting and at

the moment there's
really a lot of fruit.

So for Kaliba to come here erm
it's a very very good choice.

There is a wild population
here but it's quite low, so you know

he stands a good chance of
getting in here and finding

his own range which is
super important for orangutans

especially for the males.

NARRATOR: 12 hours after
leaving the rescue center,

they finally reach the release
site, a section of forest

with enough fruit and food
sources to sustain Kaliba.

(speaking native language).

KARMELE: We think
this is a good spot.

There are a couple of trees
like this durian tree that is

good food for the orangutans.

They love durians.

So the idea is that we are
going to open the cage and he

will climb that tree, although
probably he's going to go

totally the other way.

I'm quite nervous, I mean not really
nervous it's excited or something.

Are you ready?

Ok.

(speaking native language).

Ahh I knew it.

They always go the opposite
side we want them to go.

You go up in this tree.

This is the moment we were
looking forward to

for such a long time.

NARRATOR: Rescued from almost
certain death, Kaliba's return

to the wild paves the way for
more from the rescue center.

KARMELE: To be able to release
an orangutan and see the

orangutan doing well, this is what keeps
us going, you know.

And gives us hope.

Finally we got chance to
give him his freedom again.

Final total freedom.

Bye Bye Kaliba

NARRATOR: It may take years,
but Karmele and the team

are working to release every
orangutan currently in

baby and forest
school back to the wild.

With a clean bill of health
and now out of quarantine

Anjas is making his
first steps in baby school.

KARMELE: We've found
Bonita here.

NARRATOR: Bonita proved to be a
fast learner and after just

three days is already climbing
high in forest school.

KARMELE: I think she's very
brave, because she's going to

be the smallest in the
group of the juveniles.

NARRATOR: And finally the island is ready
for it's first orangutan.

KARMELE: Welcome.

Hope you like it.

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Cotter Media Group.