Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

World

Orangutan in Indonesia dies after exposure to haze fires, abnormalities in lungs

An adult male orangutan found struggling to breathe in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Borneo died hours after being rescued, authorities said on Thursday. The orangutan, named Sampurna and believed to be around 20 years old, was found by residents on Sunday morning in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan, an area affected by wildfires. He was unable to stand and was struggling to breathe when…

Orangutan in Indonesia dies after exposure to haze fires, abnormalities in lungs

We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at scmp.com →

More in World

More from Thursday 3 September →