Orangutan dies of severe injuries in North Sumatra

A Sumatran orangutan sits in a cage before being repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia after having been smuggled into the kingdom, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Dec 17, 2020. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has started an investigation following the death of a 15-year-old Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) from severe injuries during treatment in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Rudianto Saragih Napita, the provincial agency chief, said the BKSDA has formed an investigation team.

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