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Format:
Book
Title:
Orangutan orphanage
ISBN:
9781771471411
Publication:
Toronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2016]
Physical Description:
43 pages : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 x 26 cm.
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Contents:
A note from Suzi -- A place to heal -- A hero for orangutans -- Under threat -- Welcome to the Care Center -- Foster mothers -- Tender loving care -- Bath time -- Jungle school -- Learning to climb -- Forest buffet -- Forest playground -- Growing up -- Let's explore! -- Orangutan sleepovers -- Back to the wild -- Ecotourism -- Conservation -- Kids ask Suzi.
Summary:
Invites readers inside the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, operated by Orangutan Foundation International, in the South Pacific jungles of Borneo. It explores why baby orangutans become orphaned and the process of healing and rehabilitating them for return to the wild. It also highlights the people who work at the rescue center and how they aid the animals.
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