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  "id": 6730761,
  "title": "Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/indonesia-seeks-to-bring-back-baby-orangutans-allegedly-trafficked-to-6730761",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T07:56:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/11/indonesia-seeks-to-bring-back-baby-orangutans-allegedly-trafficked-to-india"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indonesian authorities are seeking to repatriate five allegedly trafficked baby orangutans found motherless in India's Balasore district, according to the country's forestry ministry. The critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, estimated to be around one-and-a-half years old, were found last Tuesday and appear to be healthy. The ministry confirmed the apes are of Sumatran origin and DNA tests will be conducted to verify their native region. Sumatran orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only about 13,500 individuals left in the wild as of 2016. The Indonesian government has requested India return the apes, and the ministry is communicating with the Indian government and conservation organizations to facilitate the process.",
  "summary": "The critically endangered animals were found on Tuesday by rangers patrolling in the Balasore district of India's eastern Odisha state.",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Indonesia steps in to save baby orangutans found motherless at Indian forest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/indonesia-steps-in-to-save-baby-orangutans-found-motherless-at-indian",
        "published": "2026-09-11T06:45:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/indonesia-seeks-to-bring-back-baby-orangutans-allegedly-trafficked-to",
        "published": "2026-09-11T07:56:37.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/indonesia-seeks-to-bring-back-baby-orangutans-allegedly-trafficked-to-6728690",
        "published": "2026-09-11T08:10:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/indonesia-seeks-to-bring-back-baby-orangutans-allegedly-trafficked-to-6754418",
        "published": "2026-09-11T11:59:01.000Z"
      }
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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."
}