The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is set to release 26 orangutans into their original habitat in Kehje Sewen forest, Muara Wahau, East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan
he Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is set to release 26 orangutans into their original habitat in Kehje Sewen forest, Muara Wahau, East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan.
'Twenty Pongo pygmaeus morio are ready to be released in May and six others in the middle of this year,' the foundation's Samboja Lestari land rehabilitation and program manager Agus Irwanto said in Balikpapan on Monday.
Agus said the foundation was currently preparing the orangutans and arranging support for the release.
The foundation's CEO Jamartin Sihite said the release of the orangutans would cost at least Rp 4 billion (US$307,000).
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