The Orangutan Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to orangutan conservation and welfare, seeks to raise $500,000 by Dec. 31 to equip orangutan rescue centers in Indonesia after several devastating wildfires ravaged Sumatra and Kalimantan this year. The Orangutan Project’s partners on the ground in the affected areas are working to rescue displaced orangutans and rehabilitate severely injured apes after nearly 2,000 wildfires burned through Indonesia this autumn. The fires were caused by a severely dry, drought-stricken summer season. “The effects of toxic smoke on young orangutan lungs is catastrophic,” said…
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