Onyer's Story
Onyer arrived at our Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre on 15 February 2021 after being confiscated from a local resident. The villager claimed he had found the 10-month-old alone, without a mother, at a gold mine site on his way home from work on 19 January 2021.
On his first day at Nyaru Menteng, Onyer was very nervous due to the new environment with many unfamiliar faces. He was unsettled at night and cried whenever a surrogate mother stood up, most likely out of distress that he might be left alone again.
Thankfully, Onyer's mental state quickly improved. He likes drinking milk, eating fruit, playing on the swing, and climbing the enrichment infrastructure. And he is a cute little poser.