How rescued orangutans are rebuilding a new wild population in Sumatra
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Nearly 200 Sumatran orangutans have been rescued and relocated to Jantho Pine Forest Nature Reserve since 2011, and researchers have confirmed at least 10 have been born in the wild, signaling a self-sustaining population is taking root in a once-empty forest.
Protection depends on safeguarding surrounding forests and community relationships; success is ongoing, not assured indefinitely.
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