Indonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires to protected forest

Indonesian authorities and YIARI rescued 46 orangutans from threats of fires between August and October 9, local natural resources agency head Murlan Dameria Pane said. - Photo: Handout / AFP

JAKARTA: Eight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo island have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Sunday (Oct 11).

The apes were saved from several locations razed by fires -- mostly plantations near their forest homes -- in the West Kalimantan province on the Indonesian side of Borneo last month, the forestry ministry and the YIARI wildlife rehabilitation foundation said in a statement.

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印尼当地自然资源机构负责人穆兰·达梅里亚·帕内表示，印尼当局和印尼野生动物研究所（YIARI）在8月至10月9日期间，从火灾威胁中救出了46只猩猩。——图片：法新社

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印尼林业部和YIARI野生动物康复基金会在一份声明中表示，上个月，这些猿猴在婆罗洲印尼一侧的西加里曼丹省的几处被大火烧毁的地点（主要是它们森林家园附近的种植园）中获救。

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