OVAG

OVAG Workshop 2025: Global Collaboration, Local Impact

In July 2025, the Orangutan Conservancy helped bring together veterinarians, researchers, and conservation leaders from across Southeast Asia and beyond for the Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG) Workshop—five days dedicated to improving the health and welfare of orangutans and other primates.
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OVAG Workshop 2024

We are thrilled to share the success of our 16th annual Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG) Workshop, which took place this year in Jogjakarta, Indonesia! It was a memorable event that brought together passionate conservationists, veterinarians, and professionals dedicated to the care and protection of orangutans.
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Individuals from OVAG 2023 pose with the 2023 poster.

Conservation and Wellbeing: OVAG 2023 Prioritizes Wildlife Rehabilitation and Mental Health

OVAG 2023 builds on a history of change by incorporating topics such as infectious disease surveillance, dentistry, anesthesia, and wildlife forensics!
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OVAG Workshop 2021

The first panel for OVAG Day 2 was on ape husbandry and the welfare in both zoo and rehabilitation contexts. The panelists for this session included Drh. Yenny Saraswati, Dr. Jennifer Elston, zookeeper Ida Lewis, Conservation Manager Josephine Vanda, and zookeeper Cindy Cossaboon. The entirety of the panel consisted of topics including medical procedure training, enrichment, handicapped orangutans, orangutan diet, geriatric care, improving shifting compliance, reintroduction of hand-reared baby orangutans to their mother/surrogate, and the orangutan’s dislike of specific staff.
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