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Pic shows: Two orangutans were rescued by Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of Aceh INDONESIA: Shocked wildlife officials who rescued an injured orangutan say they found 74 air gun pellets lodged in her body.
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Rescued Orangutan Had 74 Air Rifle Pellets In Her Body

Story By: Simon Glover, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: AsiaWire Report Shocked wildlife officials who rescued an injured critically endangered orangutan and her starving baby say they found 74 air gun pellets lodged in her body. The 30-year-old Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) was found with her starving baby, who later died, on a palm oil plantation near the city…

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March 16, 2019
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Critically Endangered Orangutan Born In Zoo

Story By: Anastasia Tsougka, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/ Frederic Dubos MNHN This is the critically endangered baby Bornean orangutan which has been born in a French zoo in a rare birth which gives hope for the future of the species. The Zoo Jardin des Plantes of the National Museum…

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October 30, 2018