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View all search resultsNew hope for baby orangutan born at Jantho Nature Reserve in Aceh
A local monitoring team saw Bulan actively moving in treetops while carrying her baby and show protective behavior on May 22, 2026.
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Adult female orangutan Bulan rests on a tree while her newborn male orangutan Badar clings to her in Jantho Natural Reserve in Aceh Besar regency, Aceh, in this undated picture released by the Forestry Ministry on June 3, 2026. A local monitoring team saw Bulan actively moving in treetops while carrying her baby on May 22, 2026. (Courtesy of Forestry Ministry/-)
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Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) was recently born at the Janto Orangutan Reintroduction Center in Jantho Natural Reserve, Aceh Besar regency, Aceh
The post release monitoring team at the Ekosistem Lestari Foundation (YEL) Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) confirmed the birth from a mother orangutan named Bulan, which was a rehabilitated orangutan living in the wildlife since 2018.
Confirmed on May 22, the monitoring team found Bulan to be actively moving in treetops while carrying her baby and showing protective behavior. The male baby was also always clinging to its mother, estimated to be 1-month-old and in healthy condition.
Badar’s presence is expected to be a new hope for the sustainable population of orangutans in the wild. Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni named the baby orangutan Badar, which means “full moon” in Arabic.
“This birth is evidence that through consistent habitat protection, we can restore the population of endemic animals threatened by extinction,” he said in a press release issued by the Forestry Ministry on Wednesday.
“Hopefully Badar can grow healthily in the wild and bring new hope for our priceless forest ecosystem.”
Bulan, which means “moon” in Indonesian, was rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Kutacane, Southeast Aceh regency in 2014, when she was about 2 years old. After being rehabilitated for four years at YEL-SOCP’s Orangutan Quarantine and Rehabilitation Center in Sibolangit, Bulan was released into the wild in the Jantho Natural Reserve in 2018.
