Endangered Bornean orangutan found stabbed in Indonesia


JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Bornean orangutan, a critically endangered species, has been found stabbed to death in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province, a conservation official said on Tuesday.

Authorities said the case was the latest in a string of "unnatural deaths" of orangutans on the island, to which they are native.

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