Orang utan to relearn how to survive in the wild
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PETALING JAYA: It's back to “primary school” for Shirley the orang utan as she will have to relearn how to survive in the wild on her return to Sarawak after being away for 20 years.
Shirley, who made headlines in May for being a “chain-smoking” orang utan, arrived at Kuching International Airport on Thursday morning along with three other primates Ohm, Sandy and Mario.
They were picked up by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) personnel and taken to their new home at the Matang Wildlife Centre, some 45 minutes from the city centre.
SFC corporate communications head Zulkifli Baba Noor said the orang utans were calm throughout the journey despite the stress of being relocated to a new environment.
“They even held hands with the rangers when entering the enclosure,” he said yesterday.
He said the four orang utans would undergo “kindergarten and primary school” training in the rehabilitation centre to help them survive in the wild again.
“Our vets and rangers will observe them for a week to learn their individual rehabilitation needs,” he said.
He added that there were seven steps in total.
He said the first five steps would be conducted in Matang before the primates are sent for “high school” training at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre located in the Semenggoh Nature Reserve.
Zulkifli said the primates would be free to roam around the nature reserve and are considered semi-wild as they would still be fed twice daily.
Perhilitan deputy director-general Dr Zaaba Zainol Abidin earlier said Shirley had picked up smoking while living in a longhouse as a pet in Sarawak before being sent to the Johor Zoo.
Her habit was abetted by the zoo's visitors who threw cigarette butts into her cage to see her puff on them.
However, she has since managed to kick the habit after going cold turkey for a week during her two-week intensive rehabilitation period earlier this month at Malacca Zoo before being sent back to Sarawak.
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