Endangered orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross public road in Indonesia
Camera traps recorded a young male orangutan crossing the rope span, a conservation milestone for a species with fewer than 14,000 left in the wild.
- On Sunday, a Sumatran orangutan was filmed crossing a man-made canopy bridge in Indonesia for the first time, an event the NGO Sumatra Orangutan Society called a "world first for Sumatran orangutans."
- Constructed in 2024, five canopy bridges in North Sumatra help endangered animals bypass a road in the Pakpak Bharat district, reconnecting a population of some 350 orangutans.
- Calling the crossing a "huge milestone for conservation," SOS Chief Executive Helen Buckland noted the bridges demonstrate that human development and wildlife do not have to be at odds.
- Habitat fragmentation remains "one of the greatest challenges in contemporary conservation," according to Erwin Alamsyah Siregar, executive director at Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa, who hopes bridges become a "standard feature" of regional planning.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies Sumatran orangutans as critically endangered due to habitat loss; while other species also use the bridges, this success is particularly significant for orangutans.
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KPLC NewsCamera shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a road dividing habitat
Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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