Just remembered that I forgot to explain why these animals are semi-wild. All of the original orangutans were in rehabilitation for one reason or another (injury, orphans, etc) and then were released back into the wild. There is ongoing controversy regarding the success of these efforts going back 40 years -- since many continue to return to the feeding stations are are less afraid of humans, has it really worked?? Some of the females have bred with wild males and more than 200 have been released back into the wild over time, so it appears to me that there is at least some success.
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Borneo is the third largest non continental island in the world and is located north of Java, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. The island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia
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