These
are the horrific pictures of three female orangutans who were killed in a land
fire in Indonesia.
The
orangutans – two twenty year olds and a baby around the age of one – were
caught in the blaze near a protected forest in Bontang City, East Kalimantan.
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| Officers evacuate the three Orangutan killed by a forest fire at a protected forest on Belimbing village, Indonesia |
The
founder of the Centre for Orangutan Protection, Hardi Baktiantoro, claims the
forest fire was deliberately started to clear the land for farming.
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| The founder of the Centre for Orangutan Protection, Hardi Baktiantoro, claims the forest fire was deliberately started to clear the land for farming |
It
is completely illegal to clear forest land by burning it, and in this case the
land that was burnt still had three orangutans living there,’ he said.
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| A team of officers buried the bodies of the three female orangutans to prevent them from spreading disease |
After
investigating the death of the orangutans, a team of officers from the Kutai
National Park and the Bontang city police buried the three orangutans.
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| The body of the orangutans were discovered after a resident posted a picture of them on Facebook. |
The
bodies of the orangutans were decayed so we buried them soon after the
investigation to prevent them from spreading disease,’ the head of the Kutai
National Park Office, Erly Sukrismanto, said.
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Professional photographer Yuli Seperi said: ‘The deaths made me extremely
upset as orangutans are a huge icon to Indonesia.’ |
The
body of the orangutans were discovered after a resident posted a picture of
them on Facebook.
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| The charred bodies of the orangutan were found in a protected forest in Bontang |
Professional
photojournalist Yuli Seperi said: ‘I saw a friend post a status on Facebook
about the deaths so I went the location where the three orangutans were.
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The founder of the Centre for Orangutan Protection said it is not clear why
the three orangutans could not escape the fire as they usually can |
The
deaths made me extremely upset as orangutans are a huge icon to Indonesia.
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| The three dead are believed to be a family of all females, two twenty year olds and one baby orangutan around the age of one |
The
forest fires are claimed to have started around 14.30 Saturday 20th February.
The
founder of the Centre for Orangutan Protection said: ‘It is not clear why the
three orangutans could not escape the fire as they usually can. Perhaps they
were afraid of the humans that surrounded the fragmented forest.
The
three dead are believed to be a family of all females, two twenty year olds and
one baby orangutan around the age of one.
