22 orangutans died last year<\/p>\n
SEMARANG: Some 22 orangutans in East Kalimantan's Balikpapan
\nOrangutan Survival reintroduction center died last year, the
\nNatural Resources Conservation Center (NRCC) reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
The information was revealed in a letter from the East
\nKalimantan NRCC to the West Java office rejecting a plan to
\nrelocate orangutans from West Java to Balikpapan, said Central
\nJava NRCC officer Shokhib in Semarang.<\/p>\n
In the letter, copies of which were sent to all NRCC offices,
\none of the reasons given was the high mortality rate at the
\nconservation center run by the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival
\nFoundation.<\/p>\n
Referring to the same letter, the Central Java NRCC delayed
\nits plan to relocate three orangutans and chose to keep them in
\nthe local zoo.<\/p>\n
\"We will investigate the cause of death,\" Indonesian Zoo Watch
\ndirector Luki K. Wardhani said, adding that 10 deaths in a month
\nwould make it a case.<\/p>\n
Primate relocations have been initiated since 1999. Most of
\nthem were illegally sold or orangutans kept as pets. Luki also
\nstated concern over the poor condition of four local Indonesian
\nzoos observed by the organization, where 70 percent of zoo
\nanimals lived in small, dirty cages. -- JP<\/p>",
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