Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 New Straits Times » Local Baby orang-utan rescued Roy Goh KOTA KINABALU, Aug 3: -- A rescued baby orang-utan is now in the care of experts at the Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary in Sandakan. The primate, named " Reto Junior " , was first spotted on Monday by a farmer who heard its cries at the edge of a forest in Telupid. Thinking that its mother might be in the vicinity, he left it alone. The farmer went to check on it the following day and saw it at the same spot, not far from his orchard, about 160km from here. He then called the Wildlife Department to seek advice and was referred to veterinarian Dr Rosa Sipangkui. " Infant orang-utans would rarely be abandoned by the mothers, " she said. " In this case, something may have happened to the mother. " The farmer took the orang-utan back to his house and handed it to Dr Rosa early this morning. A check at the Sabah Zoological Park in Lok Kawi by Dr Rosa and senior veterinarian Dr Sen Nathan showed that it was healthy. Dr Rosa left by road this morning for Sepilok, about 280km away, where she was scheduled to lead a team transporting two adult orang-utans to the sanctuary’s forest reserve to be released. The two orang-utans, Tiger and Guri, had been kept at the Shangri La Rasa Ria Resort Wildlife Sanctuary in Tuaran, where they went through a rehabilitation programme. Reto Junior will be quarantined for several months at Sepilok before undergoing rehabilitation. At present, there are about 250 orang-utans at the sanctuary reserve. _______________ Find love online with MSN Personals. http://match.msn.com.my/match/mt.cfm?pg=channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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