A baby orangutan became the first resident of a new sanctuary in Western Borneo, just days after it was opened by International Animal Rescue. The orphan was found on the estate of a palm-oil plantation by a local villager.
The IAR team and the local Nature Conservancy Agency (BKSDA Kalimantan Barat) rescued the young orangutan on February 16. He was immediately taken to the new facility where the medical team determined him to be approximately 18-months-old. The infant is in good health, although he is very underweight and has a distended stomach.
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This is the sixth baby rescued from the PT KAL plantation area.
It is the goal of IAR to return as many orphaned orangutans back into the wild as possible. The forest school is designed to teach them the survival skills normally taught by their mothers over a period of years.
“Orangutans live with their mothers until the age of 5-7 years old and must learn all their survival skills from them. As Tribun no longer has his mother, who was probably killed when he was snatched from her, we will have to teach this orangutan the skills to survive in the wild before he can be released,” said Dr. Rondang.
Alan Knight, CEO of IAR explained that when Tri is ready to live on his own, it will be harder to find a suitable release site because so much of the orangutan’s natural habitat has been converted into palm oil plantations.
“It is frustrating that these companies cause so much damage and are responsible for the displacement of so many orangutans, but have never taken responsibility for the damage that their business activities have caused to the environment,” said Knight.
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