Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre Malaysian Borneo Sabah
One of only four orangutan sanctuaries in the world, the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) occupies a corner of the Kabili-Sepilok rainforest reserve about 25km north of Sandakan. The centre was established in 1964; it now covers 40 sq km and
The centre has arguably suffered from its own success, and at busy times more than 700 visitors per day can flood the centre, with camera-clicking tourists far outnumbering the poor primates. More seriously, constant contact with humans has exposed the or
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