The past 24th of March we woke up to the sad news of the pas­sing of Dr. Biru­té Gal­di­kas, one of the big­gest world­wi­de experts in oran­gu­tans, who dedi­ca­ted 55 years towards their con­ser­va­tion, inclu­ding bio­lo­gi­cal dis­co­ve­ries until then unk­nown, which made her a bri­lliant scien­tist, pri­ma­to­lo­gist and conservationist.

From SOS Pri­ma­tes we send our con­do­len­ces to the family and to Oran­gu­tan Foun­da­tion Inter­na­tio­nal for their sad loss. For our asso­cia­tion it is a very deep loss as we were lin­ked to her labour and becau­se our pre­si­dent Raúl Cabre­ra colla­bo­ra­ted with her pro­ject in Bor­neo, at the Oran­gu­tan Care Cen­tre and Qua­ran­ti­ne Faci­lity, in the reha­bi­li­ta­tion and relea­se of oran­gu­tans. RIP.

Pic­tu­res: Natio­nal Geo­graphic and Anup Shah and Fio­na Rogers, respectively.