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A Bornean Orangutan Mother Carries Her Babies Through a Swamp in Central Kalimantan, Borneo

Photo by Cheng Shun Ling (Singapore, Republic of Singapore); Photographed October 2010

Orangutan numbers have declined rapidly since the middle of the 20th century because of human activities, including hunting, unsustainable and often illegal logging, mining and deforestation for agriculture. Catastrophic forest fires in Kalimantan in 1997 and 1998 also reportedly killed up to 8,000 orangutans.

Status: Endangered


 

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