More developments in our orangutan saga...

It had been almost a month since Sandra died, and Hadiah and Mahal seemed to be doing well together, but that all changed on Sunday and Monday. For some reason, Hadiah seemed to "snap" and began to abuse Mahal. By Monday it had escalated enough that the decision had to be made to separate him from her for his safety. We tried introducing him this morning to the other female we have. She has a five-year-old of her own that she raised. She made it clear that she was not interested in having him live with her. So for now we are once again raising him. It should be very short-term, as we and the Orangutan SSP (Species Survival Plan) are already working on where he will go. Hopefully within the next week to two weeks he will have a new home and a new mom. It's been a rough time for the little guy, and we will be really sad to see him leave, but he needs a mom to love him.