Two critically endangered orangutans have been rescued from captivity on Indonesia's Java island and sent to a rehabilitation centre on Borneo to ...
An orangutan named Samson is seen inside a cage at an illegal conservation site in Kendal, Central Java province, Indonesia, August 5, 2020. Picture taken August 5, 2020. Courtesy of International Animal Rescue Indonesia/Heribertus/Handout via REUTERSJAKARTA: Two critically endangered orangutans have been rescued from captivity on Indonesia's Java island and sent to a rehabilitation centre on Borneo to assess whether they can be released back into the wild, a conservation group said.
An orangutan named Samson being rescued at an illegal conservation site in Kendal, Central Java province, Indonesia, August 5, 2020. Picture taken August 5, 2020. Courtesy of International Animal Rescue Indonesia/Heribertus/Handout via REUTERS The orangutans, who had been held in cages, have been sent to a rehabilitation centre in Ketapang, in West Kalimantan province on Borneo, IAR said.
"The rehabilitation process for rescued orangutans is long and complicated. It will be extremely difficult for an orangutan that has been locked in a cage all its life to learn how to survive in the wild," said Sanchez.
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