Female orangutan and her baby rescued from Borneo haze
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Conservation officers rescued a 20-year-old female orangutan and her one-year-old daughter from smoke caused by nearby peat fires in Central Kalimantan.
- Officials found the pair clinging to a tree and moved them during a difficult nighttime operation in a recently burned area.
- Preliminary veterinary checks found no injuries or serious smoke exposure, and officials said they could be released if they remain healthy.
A female orangutan found clinging to the top of a tree in thick wildfire haze was carrying her one-year-old daughter when Indonesian conservation officers reached her in Central Kalimantan.
Officials found the pair on Wednesday after receiving information about their location. Smoke from nearby burning peatland had surrounded the animals, prompting an immediate rescue operation. The mother was named Raya, after a nearby road, and the daughter was named Rayu.
If we had not carried out the rescue operation, I would have worried about the orangutan’s safety.
The rescue took place at night in an area that had recently burned. Darkness and the fire damage made the operation more difficult, said Muriansyah of the local conservation agency. “If we had not carried out the rescue operation, I would have worried about the orangutan’s safety,” he said.
Initial examinations found that neither orangutan had been injured or seriously affected by the smoke. Officials took them to a clinic for observation. Heriyanto, an official with Central Kalimantan’s natural resources and conservation agency, said they would be released quickly if they remained healthy and could return to the wild.
If they are healthy and can be released immediately into the wild habitat, they will be released.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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