INDONESIA WILDIFE — Orangutan rescued from Indonesian plantation returned to wild

Animal rights activists and wildlife officials have released an orangutan, an endangered species, on the Indonesian part of Borneo island after rescuing the ape from a palm oil plantation where it had gone missing, International Animal Rescue said Thursday.

In a statement, IAR said the orangutan, which weighs between 60 and 70 kilograms and is between 30 and 40 years old, was released into the rainforest in western Borneo on Tuesday after sedating it and transporting it across a river, away from poachers and plantations.EFE-EPA

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Source: efe.com , English edition