Orangutan in Indonesia dies after exposure to haze fires, abnormalities in lungs
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Thu, 3 September 2026
2 reports- Die Zeit (Germany)10:36first to report
- South China Morning Post12:29
An adult male orangutan found struggling to breathe in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Borneo died hours after being rescued, authorities said on Thursday. The orangutan, named Sampurna and believed to be around 20 years old, was found by residents on Sunday morning in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan, an area affected by wildfires. He was unable to stand and was struggling to breathe when a joint team from the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency and the Indonesian...
Sat, 5 September 2026
3 reports- Anadolu Agency (AA)01:03
Animals moved to safety after blaze reached protected forest reserve in East Kalimantan
- Al Jazeera English08:44
A mother orangutan and her infant have been rescued from a shrinking patch of forest threatened by wildfires.
- Le Monde (France)11:18
Depuis des semaines, le vaste archipel d’Asie du Sud-Est lutte contre des feux de forêt qui recouvrent de fumée toxique certaines parties de Bornéo et de Sumatra, menaçant la faune sauvage.
Thu, 10 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia10:32
The critically endangered orangutans were saved from plantations in deep rural West Kalimantan province, where they got stuck after fires cut off access to their forest home.
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- South China Morning Post10 Sept, 13:30their copy