Borneo, Indonesia- Borneo rescuers are finding more and more babies in distress!

Just since February, there have been three successful rescues of orangutan babies between six and ten months old whose mothers had apparently been killed in the Central Kalimantan region of Indonesia.

The concerning announcement came Wednesday from the dedicated conservation group, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), who find the stark increase disturbing.

By comparison, in the whole of 2020, BOS took in five orangutan babies, some of them with their mothers. Daniel Merdes, executive director of BOS Germany, says the trend is indeed worrying.

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"The news of the triple rescue creates joy and sadness in me at the same time: joy at having snatched three lives from the species extinction – sadness because the truth behind it always means three orangutan mothers killed," Merdes said.

The tiny new additions – Onyer, Ramangai, and a still unnamed girl – had previously been either confiscated from villagers by the Indonesian nature conservation authority BKSDA or handed over to the authority by villagers on their own initiative.

Ramangai was so weak and dehydrated that he had to be kept on a drip for the time being. "He is severely traumatized by the loss of his mother, past experiences, and being suddenly thrust into a new environment full of strangers," BOS said.

The little apes are now receiving medical care at the BOS conservation center, Nyaru Menteng, and are being prepared for a future life in the jungle.

"These three rescued baby orangutans show that deforestation and irresponsible exploitation of forest ecosystems are still ongoing," said local program director Denny Kurniawan.

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"After all, it's the destruction of their habitats that forces wild orangutans to wander into human gardens and fields in search of food – leading to human-wildlife conflict."