{"id":7671,"date":"2019-07-30T07:30:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T14:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=7671"},"modified":"2019-08-10T23:23:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T06:23:24","slug":"a-message-from-our-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/a-message-from-our-president\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from our President&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello friends of Orangutan Conservancy!&nbsp; Yes, it is that time of the year again for\nour annual Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group Workshop 2019!!!! While we have\nnot officially started, a few members of the OVAG committee were invited to\nspeak at a seminar for students and faculty of several&nbsp; universities in Jogja hosted by our in\ncountry partner UGM (Univeristas Gadjah Mada \u2013 Vet School).&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are Siska Sulistyo (OVAG Indonesian Representative), Steve Unwin (Chester Zoo rep), Raffaella Commitante (yours truly), Nancy Lung (Orangutan SSP), and Pak Indar (our very good friend from UGM).&nbsp; As a thank you for speaking, we were given UGM tshirts and hats and of course our certificate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7672\" width=\"577\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image.png 488w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7674\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-2.png 479w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-2-350x196.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption>Here we are in our UGM hats!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a great day to see old friends and make new ones at the University.&nbsp; After the seminar we met with the Dean of the vet school to discuss future partnerships and ways that OVAG can contribute to a wildlife curriculum that is newly being planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-3.png 624w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-3-600x182.png 600w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image-3-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow, our workshop begins with an international group of\namazing people (including two PASA vets from Africa) totally 89 participants \u2013\nYIKES!!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates on OVAG 2019! 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