Indonesia wildfires threaten orangutans rescued from animal traffickers

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Wildfires in Indonesia have intensified due to El Niño and climate change, threatening orangutans rescued from traffickers near a rehabilitation center in West Kalimantan. The fires, fueled by hot and dry conditions, pose significant risks to both wildlife and the environment.

Blaze fuelled by hot, dry and windy conditions comes within metres of West Kalimantan rehabilitation centre Orangutans rescued from wildlife traffickers face a new threat from the record number of fires that have broken out in Indonesia in recent weeks. Flames have come within metres of an animal rehabilitation centre in West Kalimantan as hot, dry and windy conditions have been amplified by a powerful El Niño and the human-driven climate crisis. Continue reading...