He was taken to a rehabilitation centre near the city of Medan, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and raised with other orphans. Now about 6, Bina Wana had been scheduled to be freed soon as part of an ambitious program that has released more than 300 rescued Sumatran orangutans into the rainforest. A photo provided by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, an orangutan named Gokong Puntung at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme in Medan, Indonesia. The mother was taken to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, where Bina Wana is, where she underwent surgery and survived. The center is building a new isolation unit with cages for up to five orangutans in case any newcomers are found to have the virus, Singleton said.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2020 18:22 UTC