Boar kills rehabilitated ape

Boar kills rehabilitated ape

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: One of 49 orangutans
rehabilitated after being raised in captivity has been found
dead, apparently killed by wild boars, local coordinators said.

Nita Boestani, head of the Wana Riset program to resettle
orangutans in their original habitat in the Samboja jungle, said
the coordinators are still trying to determine the fate of the
other primates, Antara news agency reported.

Some of the orangutans were sent back from Taiwan, where they
were raised as pets from the time they were born.

Meanwhile Kris Warren, veterinary at the rehabilitation
center, said that many of the rehabilitated apes suffered from
flu or worm-related diseases. Five even contracted hepatitis B
and are now under intensive care. (emb)