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Rare albino orangutan released back into the wild
News:
The world’s only known Albino Orangutan has been released back into the jungle
Facts:
- About Albino Orangutan
- The orangutans are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia.
- Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
- Their forest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia is rapidly disappearing, putting the future of Asia’s only great ape in peril
- There are two species of orangutan – the Bornean and Sumatran – both are currently critically endangered.
- Destruction of forests for logging, paper, palm oil and mining are main cause of their habitat shrinkage.
