Orangutans

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (964+ words) As a strengthening El Niño fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here, trying to save an increasing number of orangutans from burning landscapes. The Bornean orangutan is one of three orangutan…...

12+ hour, 5+ min ago   (368+ words) Wildlife bureau to share technical inputs with STF on orangutan trafficking The Times of India Bhubaneswar: After conducting an initial field visit, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, which was tasked with examining the possible international trafficking angle behind the mysterious…...

20+ hour, 13+ min ago   (282+ words) Bhubaneswar: Concern has resurfaced at Nandankanan Zoological Park after one of the five rescued orangutans developed a fever. Following the development, a specialised veterinary team has been put on alert and is closely monitoring the animal’s health. The ailing orangutan…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (249+ words) The Statesman Five baby orangutans turning up in an Odisha forest should not be treated as an oddity of the animal kingdom It is a warning about the reach of international wildlife trafficking and, potentially, about India’s place in…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (241+ words) In a major step towards ensuring the health and long-term welfare of the five young orangutans rescued from Balasore district, the Odisha Forest Department on Sunday constituted a five-member technical committee comprising wildlife experts and veterinarians. The five orangutans were…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1277+ words) How did five infant orangutans, belonging to a Critically Endangered species that are native to only Indonesia and Malaysia, end up in the forests of Odisha? Where are they now, and what does their future hold? The Wire breaks this…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (348+ words) One of the baby orangutans at the Nandankanan zoo Sourced by the Telegraph Odisha director-general of police Vinaytosh Mishra on Saturday said the special task force (STF) investigating the smuggling of five baby orangutans into the Odisha coast has not…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (791+ words) Indonesia is coordinating with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans rescued in Odisha's Balasore as agencies probe an international trafficking network. Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is coordinating with Indian authorities and CITES to repatriate five rescued baby orangutans suspected…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (176+ words) Home » Five Rescued Orangutans Healthy at Nandankanan Zoo, Confirms PCCF The five orangutan cubs rescued from Baleshwar forest earlier this week are in good health and under care at Nandankanan Zoological Park, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Prem Kumar…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (546+ words) Bhubaneswar: The discovery of five baby orangutans abandoned in a forest in Baleshwar has put Odisha’s wildlife trafficking network under the scanner, with investigators examining whether the state is increasingly being used as a transit corridor for the illegal movement…...