EPA 2012-06-16 12:44:42 Orangutan confiscated from a local wildlife trader
Dr. Ian Singelton (L) from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program poses with an infant male Orangutan after it was successfully confiscated from a local wildlife trader in a small village on the outskirts of the Tripa peat forest, Aceh Province, Indonesia, 16 June 2012. The Orangutan was discovered by an undercover investigation team on 12 June, and four days later, was successfully confiscated by a team involving staff from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Local Police and Government Authorities. According to Dr. Ian Singelton of SOCP the Tripa peat forest is home to the highest population density of Orangutan found anywhere on earth, but predicted to be locally extinct by the end of 2012 if current levels of forest clearing and conversion to plan oil plantation is not stopped immediately. EPA/PAUL HILTON / SCOP/ YEL HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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