Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people

A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest apes, has alarmed conservationists.

BANGKOK: Indonesia’s deadly flooding was an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and…

Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people