{
  "id": 4394367,
  "title": "Saving Sampurna: Farmer rescues weakened orangutan from forest fires in Indonesia's Borneo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/saving-sampurna-farmer-rescues-weakened-orangutan-from-forest-fires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T09:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/orangutan-rescued-indonesia-borneo-forest-fires-haze-6350266"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan on Borneo island found an orangutan in a weak state on a palm-oil plantation near a forest fire site. According to the New Straits Times, the farmer, Jais, gave the orangutan water and called for help. A wildlife foundation, Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia, arrived with a veterinarian to provide treatment.\n\nThe orangutan, named Sampurna, had fainted by the time help arrived. The foundation's CEO, Karmele Llano Sanchez, said Sampurna had hypoxia due to the thick smoke in the area. So far, Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia has rescued seven orangutans from the fires, as reported by Channel News Asia.\n\nThe forest fires have burned at least 202,010 hectares of land from January to July, according to Indonesia's Forestry Ministry. The fires have triggered respiratory illnesses and forced thousands of schools to move classes online, not only in Indonesia but also in neighbouring Malaysia.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Orangutan rescued from fire zone in Indonesia's Borneo, battles respiratory illness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/orangutan-rescued-from-fire-zone-in-indonesias-borneo-battles",
        "published": "2026-08-30T09:00:31.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}