Bulan the orangutan went from a smuggler's crate to cradling her own little full moon — Badar — and the forest is finally winning one back.
Rescued from traffickers, reintroduced orangutan becomes mother in the wild
A female Sumatran orangutan named Bulan, rescued from traffickers and released in 2017, has given birth in Indonesia's Jantho forest, marking the tenth wild birth among reintroduced orangutans. The infant, named Badar (full moon), signals rehabilitation success, though Sumatran orangutan populations still declined nearly 20% from 2011 to 2023.
Source: Rescued from traffickers, reintroduced orangutan becomes mother in the wild — Mongabay Conservation
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