JAKARTA (REUTERS) - 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.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - 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.
The two Bornean orangutans had been identified as being illegally held in captivity in October last year before a rescue was arranged, said the head of Indonesia's nature conservation agency in Central Java, Mr Darmanto, who goes by one name. At the centre, they will be given health checks and quarantined for two months before being assessed to decide whether they can be returned to the wild.
"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 Dr Sanchez.
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