Eight orangutans released into Indonesian forest after wildfire rescue

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 04:32 · Archive

Eight endangered orangutans rescued from Indonesian Borneo have been released into a protected forest.

Eight endangered orangutans rescued from wildfires in Indonesian Borneo have been relocated to a protected forest in West Kalimantan. The animals, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and North Kayong regencies that were ravaged by fires between August and September.

The wildfires destroyed large swaths of habitat, cutting off corridors and reducing access to food sources. This forced the orangutans into plantations inhabited by people as they searched for food and shelter. Among those rescued were a female orangutan known as Mama Man and her infant, who had been monitored for months in a small forest patch surrounded by plantations. Expanding fires and heavy smoke left them with no safe route back to larger forests before they were evacuated in early September.

The animals were moved on 8 October to Batu Nyambu protected forest, according to Heribertus Suciadi, a spokesperson for YIARI, the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation Initiative Foundation. Before release, the orangutans underwent veterinary examinations and observation at a rehabilitation centre to ensure they were healthy enough to return to the wild. Suciadi said they had no burns, open wounds, broken bones or other life-threatening injuries, but appeared to be suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.

How it is being reported

• Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfiresEight endangered orangutans rescued from areas of Indonesia’s Borneo ravaged by wildfires have been released into a protected forest.News4Jax · 13 Oct, 11:26
• Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfiresEight endangered orangutans rescued from areas of Indonesia’s Borneo ravaged by wildfires have been released into a protected forest.Clickorlando · 13 Oct, 11:26

In this story: Indonesian Borneo · West Kalimantan · Ketapang · North Kayong · Batu Nyambu · YIARI

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