Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:22pm on 08 Sep 2026,Tuesday India
Five young orangutans were rescued from a casuarina forest near Badapai village in Odisha’s Balasore district on Tuesday after local residents spotted the unusual animals. Forest officials brought the primates to the Udayapur forest section office, where they were kept under observation and examined by veterinary teams. Orangutans are native to Southeast Asia and are not found in the wild in India, raising questions about how they reached Odisha. Officials suspect the animals may have been abandoned by poachers or suppliers after being transported illegally, but their exact origin remains unclear. Authorities have launched an investigation and intensified surveillance in the area. (PC: The Hindu)
