Tuan
Tuan is a male Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at the park on 24/01/02. We estimate that he was born during 1987. Tuan was found wandering loose in Táichung City, Taiwan and it took 3 days to capture him. He will have been smuggled from the wild as a baby and kept as an illegal pet until he escaped from his previous owners.
A-mei
A-mei is a female Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at the park on 03/03/04 and we estimate that she was born during 1994. She was smuggled from the wilds of Borneo for the illegal pet trade in Taiwan. Taiwanese authorities confiscated A-mei and she was cared for at the Pingtung Rescue Centre before being re-homed at the park. A-mei had terrible dental problems when she came to the park and has had two operations to remove and root-fill infected teeth. She is a sociable orang-utan who likes interacting with other individuals, especially the youngsters.
Lucky
Lucky is a female Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who was smuggled from the wilds of Borneo for the illegal pet trade in Taiwan. She was confiscated by the Taiwanese Authorities from an amusement arcade in Kaoshiung county. Lucky arrived at the park on 21/07/01 and we estimate that she was born during 1995. Lucky is a quiet but feisty individual who prefers the company of males and youngsters rather than other females.
RoRo
RoRo is a female Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at Monkey World on 19/07/2000. We estimate she was born during 1988. RoRo was smuggled from the wild and kept as a pet, in a cage, in the kitchen of someone’s house in Taiwan before she was confiscated by Taiwanese Authorities. In Chinese “RoRo” means “tender”. In 2003 Ro-Ro gave birth to Hsiao-ning, and Dinda in 2006. Ro-Ro is a very independent orang-utan who likes her own company.
Mimi Loren
Mimi-Loren is a female Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who was born on 17/08/15 at Moscow Zoo. Sadly, her mother would not care for the baby even after several attempts to re-unite the baby with her family. As Monkey World is the European Crèche for orphaned orang-utans, arrangements were made for Mimi to move here on 05/05/17. Very quickly Mimi-Loren was taken under the wing of adult females RoRo and Oshine, and with her strong character she loved playing with her adopted brother and sister, Bulu Mata and Rieke. She graduated to Tuan’s adult group in the summer of 2024.
