First orangutan birth in Aceh reserve ‘gives hope’ for survival of species

Mongabay
Sep 19, 2017, 2:51 am134 pts
The first baby orangutan was born at the Pinus Jantho Nature Reserve in Sumatra, a sign that the species might survive the global extinction crisis now underway. Jantho serves as one of two release sites for the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), a nonprofit that rehabilitates the apes kept as…

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