Born a “displaced person,”  Biruté Galdikas spent her life aiding & advocating for displaced orangutans LOS ANGELES––Orangutan researcher,  rescuer,  and conservationist Biruté Galdikas,  79,  died on March 24,  2026 in Los Angeles,  after a prolonged illness. “Born in Germany,  on May 10, 1946,  while her parents were en route from Lithuania to Canada,”  as displaced […]