Orangutan Caring Week

November TBD: You can join Your Henry Vilas Zoo and other Zoos and orangutan conservation organizations around the world in celebrating Orangutan Caring Week.

We would like people to come to understand that the habitat of the orangutan, the tropical rain forest, is vital to not only orangutans but to other wildlife and to all of us on this planet. Rainforests and related ecosystems provide important services from climate moderation, to water quality and erosion control, to storehouses of genetic, species and ecological biodiversity. Rainforests need to be sustainably managed to maintain these services. We want to inform citizens in our own communities of this connection and continue to enlighten local people in areas near orangutan habitat.

Your Zoo will host a variety of demonstrations, activities and informational sessions to help you learn more about orangutans and what you can do to help sustain their populations in the wild.

Funds raised throughout the week-long celebration will benefit Henry Vilas Zoo's Orangutan SSP (Species Survival Plan) Field Project.

• Monday
  10:30: Meet and Greet the Orangutan Keeper - in the Primate building
  
  
• Tuesday
  12:00: Orangutan Training 101 - in the Primate building.
  
  All Day: "What do Orange Apes Eat?" Information Table in Primate Building.
  
  
• Wednesday
  10:30: Meet and Greet the Orangutan Keeper - in the Primate Building.
  
  All Day: "What do Orange Apes Eat?" Information Table in Primate Building.
  
  All Day: "Palm Oil Products and their Safe Alternatives" Information Table in the Primate Building.
  
  
• Thursday
  12:00: Orangutan Training 101 - in the Primate Building.
  
  All Day: "What do Orange Apes Eat?" Information Table in Primate Building.
  
  
• Friday
  10:30 and 2:00: Orangutan Enrichment Extravaganza - in the Primate Building
  
  
• Saturday
  12:30 - 3: Fun activities and coloring pages - in the Primate Building