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Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard host a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve rescues a tiny orangutan that is being kept illegally as a pet.

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve heads up river where he rescues a tiny orangutan being kept illegally as a pet. Back at the rescue centre she is named Ellie and takes her place alongside the other orphans.

Michaela visits the forest school where the young orangutans are trained in climbing, feeding and socialising - skills their mothers would have taught them in the wild. Steve attempts to rescue an adult orangutan from a fragment of forest destined for destruction. After being shot with an anaesthetic dart, the orangutan must fall more than 50 feet into a net. It's touch and go whether the mission will succeed.

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Tue 25 Apr 2017 19:30

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Role Contributor
Presenter Michaela Strachan
Presenter Steve Leonard

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