The Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre is located in northern Borneo, and was founded in 1964 in order-as the name implies-orang utans and other animals that were taken out for any reason from their natural environment to rehabilitate, so again . auszuwildern Above all orphaned orangutan babies. Once belonged to the entire Southeastern area of distribution space for the orang utans, now they are only found in small numbers in parts of Borneo and Sumatra. They are the largest living animal on trees and build a new nest every night, because they are solitary and constantly move around. Only for mating purposes find them together, the mothers take care of then around 5 - 8 years of their offspring before they both move on again alone. At the moment there are about 80 animals at Sepilok, which was largely
found orphaned in the endless palm-oil plantations in the area or by local families illegally kept as pets. In the 43 sq km large area on the edge of Kabili Sepilok Forest Reserve, which is covered with tropical rain forest, the young people of the forest, which means Orang Utan translated, so again prepared for a life in freedom. This may however take many years, because often the kids can not climb still independently obtain food. For this, we Pfleger, the monkeys Slowly and carefully taught, what they would otherwise have learned from her mother and also a buddy system where older orangutans for something to help the younger people. Have the children learned the basic properties, they are left in the vast forest, but still provides two times a day with milk, bananas and sugar cane. The menu is deliberately designed so monotonous, so the orangutans learn to care independently for more varied diet. In time, the food is brought deeper into the forest and the animals have more and more about themselves. 
The feeding takes place on specially constructed wooden platforms. These flows are then both flat as well as individual tourists in large flocks, because rarely can you get such an opportunity again to see the animals at such close range in their natural environment and without the grating. Although many passengers the spectacle was too touristy, Kathi and I enjoyed it very much. When some of the first morning we were at the station and we were a short walk through the jungle just enough for you right now the best places near the Fuetterunsplattform. Just over an hour we watched the many younger and some older orangutans who the heck rejoice in the food and then a bit of rope around the specially fitted climbed and played. Then we watched another movie about the reintroduction of the "forest people" and visited the directly adjacent Museum with some interesting info about the unfortunately seriously threatened species from which it is estimated that only about 15 000 copies. At least provide facilities such as Sepilok reason to hope that these animals do not like so many other species die out before them. 
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