Sumatran Orangutan Society USA
Mission
SOS endeavours,
– To conserve the endemic Sumatran orangutan (pongo abelii) and its native habitat.
– To promote public awareness of, and participation in, conservation strategies for the Sumatran orangutan through campaigns, community education and global communication.
– To collaborate with Indonesian conservationists in the establishment and running of the Orangutan Information Centre.
– To assist the Government-run Bohorok Orangutan Centre in the care of ex-captive orangutans.
– To fundraise to support our goals.
SOS long-term goals:
– To continue to work with local people to promote the maintainance of forest habitat.
– To stress the importance of the sustainable extraction of forest products.
– To assist in establishing new reserves and to help with the protection of existing ones.
– To establish ‘corridors’ between tracts of forest to link orangutan populations.
– To buy or lease tracts of forest for the release or relocation of apes.