Saving the Orangutan
Red Ape uses footage filmed by teams fighting to save critically endangered orangutans of Borneo, to reveal the reasons for their decline and exploring what their future holds.
For the last decade, a team of frontline medics has been fighting to save Borneo’s critically endangered orangutans. Armed with cameras, International Animal Rescue has documented their struggle: pulling apes from devastated jungle, giving emergency medical care, rehabilitating, and releasing the healthiest orangutans back into the wild. This is both the story of their life-saving work and of how one of our closest wild relatives has been pushed to the brink of extinction. Combining genuine rescue footage with contributions from experts throughout, this Natural World documentary looks toward the future and asks what hope remains to save the orangutan.
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Palm Oil
Duration: 01:22
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Meet International Animal Rescue
Duration: 02:12
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97% Human
Duration: 01:15
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Julia Kent
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Ivanno Jeremiah |
Director | Rowan Musgrave |
Executive Producer | Alex Williamson |
Series Editor | Roger Webb |
Production Company | Offspring Films |
Broadcasts
- Thu 10 May 2018 21:00
- Wed 30 May 2018 23:15
- Fri 1 Jun 2018 02:15
- Mon 11 Nov 2019 21:00Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland
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