Fires in Indonesia: New Rescue of a Female Orangutan and a Cub
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An orangutan mother and her cub, threatened by forest fires approaching their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, the authorities informed in a statement this Saturday. The vast archipelago of Southeast Asia has been fighting for weeks forest fires covering parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smoke. The fog also contributes to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Under observation since July The pair of orangu…
For weeks, the vast archipelago of Southeast Asia has been fighting forest fires that have covered parts of Borneo and Sumatra in toxic smoke. The cloud of smoke, which is dangerous for humans and animals alike, has arrived in neighboring Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The rescued orangutan and its cub had been under surveillance since July, after being spotted in a plantation area near a forest in West Kalimantan, a local natural reso…
A female orangutan and her cub were rescued from a forest ravaged by fires and brought to a rescue center, their story shows the scale of the disaster in Indonesia.
On Saturday, 5 September, the Indonesian authorities announced that they had managed to rescue an orangutan female and her child, who were threatened by the increasing fires on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Their state of health was closely monitored by veterinarians, but a preliminary examination did not reveal any burns in the two great monkeys.
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