ABERYSTWYTH graduate Montana Hull’s dream of working with orang-utans has come true having gained an internship with the Orangutan Foundation International in Indonesian Borneo.

Montana, who has just completed a BSc in zoology and a MSc in managing the environment at IBERS, will be working for the Orangutan Foundation International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of wild orang-utans and their rainforest habitat.

Based at the Foundation’s research and conservation centre in Indonesian Borneo for one year, Montana’s new role will primarily involve collecting and processing data on orangutans.

Dr Hazel Davey, Senior Lecturer in Biology and Director of Postgraduate Taught Students at IBERS was Montana’s MSc dissertation supervisor and said: “The opportunity to look after baby orangutans is an experience many people would pay for, yet Montana’s is a paid position, with accommodation, food and flights. This is a fantastic opportunity.”

Montana said: “I have wanted a job involving orangutan conservation for years, and to leave university to go straight into this internship really is a dream come true for me. I am very excited to have this brilliant opportunity and feel as though all my hard work paid off.”

Montana departs for Borneo in November to take up a one-year-contract along with three other interns.

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