JAKARTA, Feb 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two critically-endangered orangutans have been released into the Betung Kerihun National Park, on Borneo Island, Indonesia’s West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency announced, yesterday.
They are the 10-year-old Rocky and the nine-year-old Dora, who, on Tuesday, returned to their natural environment in the wilderness.
“We received Rocky when he was three years old and Dora when she was two years old, from the local people,” said the agency’s head, Wiwied Widodo.
The two orangutans underwent a rehabilitation process and studied at the Jerora Orangutan Forest School, from 2018 to 2022.
Medical examinations revealed that they were in good health and capable of living in the wild again.
Together with the agency team, the two orangutans travelled overland for six hours, then continued along the Kapuas River for five hours, to reach the release site.
Betung Kerihun National Park is a natural forest area, where the orangutans can get plenty of food.– NNN-ANTARA
