KOTA KINABALU: Borneo and Sumatra have lost 91% of its orang utan population over the past 100 years, according to a primatologist, who warns that they would no longer exist in the wild in 20 years if the decline continues.
Dr Marc Ancrenaz, a director of the Kinabatangan Orang Utan Conservation Project who has studied the primates in Sabah since 1998, said the endangered species would disappear unless conservation measures were taken immediately.
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