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"The critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first
time using a canopy bridge to cross a road.
In 2024, conservationists in the Pakpak Bharat district of North Sumatra in
Indonesia built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an
essential route for local people but which became a barrier for animals.
Natural crossing was “impossible for wildlife”, said Erwin Alamsyah Siregar,
director of Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa (TaHuKah), the environmental
organisation that helped install the bridge.
For two years, the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and TaHuKah, its local
partner, had been watching camera-trap footage of the bridge, waiting for the
day that an orangutan would finally cross.
“You should have heard the cries of delight from the team,” said Helen
Buckland, chief executive of SOS. “After two long years, it’s finally
happened.”
This is the first time the species has been caught on camera crossing a
wildlife bridge, offering a glimmer of hope to conservationists worried that
this population would become functionally extinct if it were sequestered in one
part of the forest."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
