KETAPANG, Oct 30 — Deep in a forest in Indonesian Borneo, conservationists open a cage. A female orangutan and her baby waste little time, clambering up the towering trees and disappearing into the canopy, safe at last.
The pair were among nine orangutans rescued from devastating wildfires ravaging their forest home in Ketapang, West Kalimantan province, in August and September.
Nursed back to health over several weeks, they now have a new home in Batu Nyambu, a 23,000-hectare protected area in the same province.
When they were rescued, the animals were in bad shape, YIARI wildlife rehabilitation foundation CEO Karmele Llano Sanchez told AFP journalists who went along for the release.
