Rescued Orangutan Battles Respiratory Illness After Borneo Wildfires
Wildlife rescuers extracted an orangutan from a wildfire-ravaged area in Indonesian Borneo, where the animal now requires treatment for severe respiratory distress. Conservation teams are providing specialized care to help the primate recover from smoke inhalation and habitat loss.
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On Sunday morning, Jais, a farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan on Borneo island – the province hardest-hit by raging forest fires – was en route to his farm when he found an orangutan writhing on the ground in a weak state on a palm-oil plantation near the fire site. “It was very weak, then I gave it water,” said Jais, who only goes by one name. Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain haze from forest and land fires across six provinces in Borneo and Sumatra islands after smoke...
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