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The Education of Young Orang-Utans to Living in the Wild

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Barbara Harrisson
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An experimental research project is being carried out at Bako National Park in Sarawak to devise means by which young orphaned orang-utans can be re-established to wild living.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 7 , Issue 2-3 , August 1963 , pp. 108 - 127
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1963

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