Orang Utan (J♠)

The wonderful orangutan is only found in parts of Borneo and parts of Sumatra. On both islands their habitats are severely threatened by the increase of human activities like (illegal) logging, mining, forest fires and the ongoing construction of palm oil plantations. Currently the orangutans at Sumatra are critically endangered; which means there only are a few thousand of them left. The Bornean species is doing a little better, though numbers are said to be below 50.000 in total.

The largest part of all remaining orangutans live in Indonesia. There Dr. Willie Smits founded the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation  that has many active rehabilitation programs (and centers) throughout Indonesia. Many tourists that visit Malaysia want to pay a visit to one of the Orangutan Sanctuaries. A few are very much worth visiting in Malaysia; those have special programs to create awareness among visitors, instead of only using the animals as a tourist attraction. The most popular sanctuaries are Sepilok Rehabilitation Center in Sabah, and Semenggoh Wildlife Center in Sarawak. Nearby Sememggoh, Matang Wildlife Center used to have an active project as Semenggoh couldn't cope with all the orangutans that needed rehabilitation. However, this program stopped due to some unfortunate events.

西必洛人猿保护中心

西必洛人猿保护中心（SEPILOK ORANG UTAN SANCTUARY）距离山打根市24公里。在这个康复中心，许多受伤或生病的红毛猩猩，受到重新训练以使它们能更加适应森林的生活。这里提供近距离接触罕见动物的机会。观赏这些动物的最佳时间是早上10点至下午2点30分，这段时间猩猩们会从森林中涌到这里来，以获取每日固定分配给它们的香蕉和牛奶。您可以在离保护区大约20分钟路程的一个平台上观赏专人为猩猩们准备食物。当这些动物能够独立生存时，它们都会被放回森林。在森林保护区，还有其他种类的哺乳动物、超过两百种类的鸟类及各种各样的野生动物。