Indonesia Rescues Second Orangutan Mother and Baby From Wildfire
- An orangutan mother and her baby were rescued from wildfires threatening their habitat in Indonesia and taken to a rescue center on September 3, where their health is being monitored with no burn injuries found so far.
- Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia veterinarians warned that prolonged or high smoke exposure can harm orangutans' respiratory systems.
- Nine orangutans have been evacuated in less than a month due to wildfires in West Kalimantan province.
- One orangutan died after rescue, with smoke exposure identified as the cause by a necropsy from the local conservation agency.
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AlKhaleej TodayIndonesia rescues second orangutan mother and baby as wildfires destroy Kalimantan habitat
JAKARTA, Sept 5 — An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement Saturday.The vast Southeast Asian archipelago has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smog, with haze also contributing to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.The orangutan pair had been under observati…
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Indonesia rescues second orangutan mother and baby from wildfire
The vast Southeast Asian archipelago has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smog, with haze also contributing to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The orangutan pair had been under observation since July after being spotted in a plantation area near a forest in West Kalimantan, a local natural resources conservation agency said in a statement. But authorities decided to evacua…
Ketapang forest and land fires threaten orangutan habitat, YIARI and the West Kalimantan BKSDA have saved nine orangutans.
A mother and her baby orangutan saved from the fire in Indonesia. - AFP An orangutan female and her child, threatened by the rising fires that ravaged the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra, were rescued this week, announced the authorities in a statement Saturday, a few days after another identical rescue.For weeks, the vast archipelago of Southeast Asia has been fighting forest fires that cover parts of Borneo and Sumatra with toxic smok…
Jakarta: A mother orangutan and her infant, threatened by forest fires encroaching on their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement on Saturday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan - Best Website Developer - WordPress Web Design - Custom Website […] The post Kalimantan fires: Habitat burned, mother, infant orangutan rescued appeared first on Malay News - a Malaysian …
West Kalimantan: Indonesia rescues second orangutan mother and baby from wildfire
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