Durrell鈥檚 Orangutan: Hospital doctors
How Jersey's General hospital consultant Neil Machlachlan helped in the successful pregnancies and births of two orangutans at Durrell, plus all your news, travel and weather.
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Durrell鈥檚 Orangutan
It is fifty years since the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell turned his conservation vision into a charity.
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He wanted to create an organisation to save species from extinction.
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麻豆社 Jersey will be examining how successfully the Durrell organisation is fulfilling the ambitions of its founder, in Jersey and across the world.
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This weekend you will be able to see exclusive footage of the birth of Durrell鈥檚 newest Sumatran orangutan in a 麻豆社 television documentary.
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It is thought to be the first time a Sumatran orangutan birth has been caught on camera.
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- Tue 9 Jul 2013 07:00麻豆社 Radio Jersey