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View all search resultsSumatra agencies relocate 25-year-old orangutan to Mount Leuser park
A local conservation official has noted an increase in orangutans spotted in community plantations, attributing their movement out of their natural habitat to forest conversion.
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Pesek, 28, perches in her nest with her baby, her seventh born as part of a conservation program on March 24, 2026, in this undated video still taken in a section of the Mount Leuser National Park in Bahorok district, Langkat regency, North Sumatra. (Courtesy of Mount Leuser National Park/-)
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ildlife authorities have relocated a male adult Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) from a community plantation in Langkat regency, North Sumatra, to Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) on April 21.
Andar Abdi Saragih, an official with the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), said the 60-kilogram orangutan, aged 25, was released in the Cintaraja primary forest within the park’s grounds after a health check.
“The examination results showed the orangutan was healthy. It was not injured or disabled,” Andar said on April 25 in Medan.
“So, it was recommended to immediately translocate the orangutan to a safer habitat in Mount Leuser National Park.”
He added that the wildlife sanctuary was located 14 kilometers from Karya Jadi village in Batang Serangan district, Langkat, where the orangutan was found.
The team in charge of relocating the orangutan used a raft to cross a river and transport the big ape to the designated location. Upon arrival at the site, they opened the cage and the orangutan immediately ran off and climbed a tree before disappearing into the forest.
Andar said the orangutan was evacuated from a rubber plantation surrounded by young oil palms in Karya Jadi.
