Motherly instinct: A female orangutan with her baby.
THE size of the Batang Ai National Park and Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary (BALE), which has been extended in the last few years, could be made larger again, following the discovery of more orangutans outside protected areas.
Surveys by non-governmental organisations (NGO) like the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have uncovered the existence of about 200 orangutans in and around Ulu Sungai Menyang. The area — inaccessible by road and borders Kalimantan, Indonesia — is south of the BALE landscape.
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