Kobe Steele honoured for service to conservation and the environment | 7NEWS

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Founder and President of Orangutan Foundation International Australia Kobe Steele has been recognised for her service to conservation and the environment in today’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.

The foundation was started in 2013, and has since worked to rescue and rehabilitate orangutans.

“It just seems incredible that someone would honour me for something I will never stop doing.” – Founder and President of Orangutan Foundation International Australia Kobe Steele

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