Burning and bullets: Forest fires push Bornean orangutans into harm’s way

Mongabay
Feb 18, 2020, 11:18 am246 pts
PONTIANAK, Indonesia — As the forests of Indonesian Borneo burned during fires last year, a female orangutan was forced to leave her burning home. When she was rescued from a small farm, experts found signs of recent pregnancy and wounds on her body. The orangutan, later named Epen by her rescuers, was found…

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