Five Abandoned Young Orangutans Rescued From Bichitrapur Casuarina Forest in Odisha's Balasore

Unusual sighting in an Odisha forest: 5 baby orangutans

Forest officer raises smuggling concerns: 'Chances of their natural migration to the Balasore forest is less as there is no corridor link. It must be a human-induced act'

Probe begins after 5 orangutans found in Balasore forest

Five non-native orangutans spotted in Balasore’s Bichitrapur forest were rescued by officials; inquiry underway into their origin; shifting to Nandankanan Zoo planned.

Five abandoned young orangutans rescued from Bichitrapur casuarina forest in Odisha's Balasore

Regional Chief Conservator of Forests (RCCF)-cum-Field Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve Prakash Chand Gogineni said the age and sex of the animals were yet t

Five orangutans rescued from protected forest in Baleshwar - OrissaPOST

Balasore: At least five orangutans, which are not indigenous to India, were rescued in a forest in Odisha’s Balasore district, prompting the authorities to suspect that wildlife smugglers might be behind the animals’ sudden appearance there, a minister said Tuesday. The state government urged the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) to inquire into how the […]

Five orangutans spotted in Odisha forest, Wildlife Department probes possible smuggling link

Baleshwar: In a rare and unusual wildlife sighting, five orangutans have been spotted in the Bichitrapur forest area under Bhograi block of Odisha’s Baleshwar district, triggering concern among forest officials and raising questions over how the animals reached the state. Orangutans are not native to India and are naturally found only in the tropical rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia. The discovery of five of the critically end…