Jorong - Dudley Zoo and Castle

Twenty-four today!

Happy Birthday to our handsome Bornean orangutan, Jorong, who turns 24 today! And keepers were planning to include celery, the alpha male’s favourite food, on the menu as well as giving him new sheets and blankets to play with on his special day. Upper Primates Section Leader Pat Stevens said: “Jorong has been with us […]

Posted on 7th January 20195th January 2019 by Rachel Hickman

Exclusive ape art goes on sale

The wraps are off – today we’re thrilled to reveal the stunning ape artwork being sold in aid of our £800,000 orang enclosure appeal. Just 100 signed limited edition canvasses of our Bornean orangutans Benji, Jorong, Jazz and Sprout have been produced exclusively for DZG from an original drawing donated by award-winning artist David Skidmore. […]

Posted on 19th November 201820th November 2018 by Rachel Hickman

Artist aiding orangs

A generous artist is creating limited edition canvasses of DZG’s four orangs to raise funds for our £800,000 outdoor enclosure appeal. And we’re pretty sure orang fans will go ape for the exclusive artwork being donated by David Skidmore, which will be a graphite pencil-drawn montage of Benji, Jorong, Jazz and Sprout. David, from Bromsgrove, […]

Posted on 2nd October 201820th November 2018 by Rachel Hickman

Hang out with our orangs

Can you hang like an orang? That’s just one of the fun games we have in store this weekend as we gear up for International Orangutan Day. We’ll be highlighting the threats critically endangered Bornean orangs face in the wild and raising funds for a conservation charity and our own appeal to build a new […]

Posted on 17th August 201816th August 2018 by Rachel Hickman

Birthday greetings

Altogether now… Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Jorong, Happy Birthday to you! Our handsome alpha male Bornean orangutan is 22 today! Primate keepers have been busy whipping up a tasty ape friendly cake for the birthday boy, which they’ll share in the orang house later on, with Benji, […]

Posted on 7th January 20174th January 2017 by Rachel Hickman

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