Honorable Mention / 2016 / Press / Nature/Environmental

Orangutan died of Burned Forest in Kalimantan

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    Sijori Images/Fahmi, Indonesia
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    Sijori Images

Officers evacuated three Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) dead by fire forest at a protected
forest on Belimbing village on February 21, 2016 in Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
According to Conservation officer said "Fires of land that took place yesterday (Saturday,
February 20), and we did not know if there are three people orangutan caught fire after
some residents who uploaded on social media, Sunday morning. Then, on Sunday afternoon, we
checked the location of the fire and indeed discovered the three orangutans that were
burned to death, ".
Third orangutan burned, he added, consisting of one adult orangutan, orangutan a young
age, as well as a baby orangutan.