Indonesia rescues starved orangutan from fires: officials
- On Wednesday, officials from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency and Orangutan Foundation International rescued a starving female orangutan named Ira from a burned forest area in Central Kalimantan, Borneo.
- Indonesia has struggled for weeks to control forest fires that have razed parts of Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua, sending choking smog across borders to Malaysia and Singapore.
- Medical staffer Ichlasul Khaerul of OFI confirmed the orangutan was uninjured, though "seen from her abdominal circumference, probably the orangutan, Ira, was in the state of starvation," Ichlasul said.
- Local agency chief Muriansyah said, "We strongly suspect that the orangutan was looking for food," as Indonesia has rescued 232 wild animals, including 71 orangutans, as of October 8.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature warned fires threaten habitats containing 52 percent of Borneo's orangutan population, where numbers have fallen to around 104,000 from more than 230,000 a century ago.
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A starved orangutan lady was rescued from a fire on Borneo – in the midst of Indonesia's heavy forest fires.
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Indonesia rescues starved orangutan from fires: officials
Indonesia has for weeks struggled to control fires that have razed parts of Sumatra, Borneo and Papua islands, sending choking smog wafting across the border to Malaysia and Singapore. The orangutan was spotted in a burned forest area in Central Kalimantan province on the Indonesian side of Borneo, local natural resources agency chief Muriansyah told reporters Wednesday. "We strongly suspect that the orangutan was looking for food and then it wa…
Ira, a 20-year-old female orangutan, was found in a forest fire-affected area in Kotim. She is suspected to be malnourished and requires further examination.
"On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, we at the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), with the assistance of our friends from the OFI Foundation and the Sampit Animal Rescue Community, rescued an orangutan. It was found trapped in a burnt area after a fire," said Muriansyah, Commander of the Sampit BKSDA Post, on Thursday (10/15/2026).
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