PUSHED TO THE EDGE - WORK IN INDONISIA WITH ORANGUTANS. By Nigel and Sarah Hicks

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NIGEL AND SARAH HICKS: Nigel qualified as a vet from Bristol University in 1973 and spent most of his working life as a mixed practice vet with his own practice in Lifton for nearly 25 years. Sara, his wife has worked with animals most of her life as a boarding and breeding kennel manager and also has several years experience as a practice trained working veterinary nurse.

TALK: The talk gives the background of the work of the charity together with facts and figures about orangutans before discussing deforestation and the causes of habitat loss which result in orangutan losses and the need for intervention and rescue. There are multiple images and video clips of the veterinary problems encountered, of us working in the centres, the pathway to rehabilitation and (hopefully) ultimately the release of the orangutan’s back to the wild. The talk concludes with a synopsis of the charity’s current activities and future targets. Whilst continuing orangutan losses are a rather depressing fact, we maintain and offer our listeners a positive outlook!