Transport orangutana
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A wild male orangutan has been rescued and moved to safety in West Borneo. A combined team of the Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in West Borneo and International Animal Rescue (IAR) Indonesia has removed the adult orangutan from a plantation in the village of Tempurukan, in the District of Delta Pawan, in Ketapang District. The adult male, who was given the name John by his rescuers, was reported to be looking for food in the villagers??? plantation. He is likely to have come from Sentap Kancang Forest which borders directly with the village entrance to the plantation because most of the forest habitat was destroyed in 2019. Based on the results of aerial verification and monitoring, the distance between the residents' land and the Sentap Kancang Forest block was more than 4 kilometres. This meant that it was too far to shepherd the orangutan back into the forest. As a consequence, given the potential risk of human-orangutan conflict, the IAR Indonesia team and BKSDA Kalbar decided to translocate the orangutan to a better location in the River Benibis region. The landscape in that area is the same as the Sentap Kancang Forest and made up of peat swamp forest. It is quite a distance from the plantation and the township so the potential for conflict will be minimised. Survey results have shown that food for orangutans is plentiful in peat swamp forests. The orangutan was estimated to weigh about 50 kg and be aged between 15 and 20 years old. After carrying out a series of medical tests, the vet from IAR Indonesia who examined John confirmed that he was in good condition and did not have any abnormalities, wounds or injuries on his body. ??sBecause the orangutan is healthy and does not require any medical treatment, we can translocate him directly to Sentap Kancang Forest," said Argitoe Ranting, IAR Indonesia???s Head of Programmes. Although the translocation of an orangutan to a safer forest is better for the i
2020-10-21
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