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An infant male orangutan being held illegally by wildlife traders in a small village on the outskirts of the Tripa peat forest, Aceh Province

An infant male orangutan being held illegally by wildlife traders in a small village on the outskirts of the Tripa peat forest, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The orangutan was discovered by an undercover investigation team on the 12th June, and four days later, was successfully confiscated by a team involving staff from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Local Police and Government Authorities. According to Dr Ian Singleton of SOCP, the Tripa peat forest is home to the highest population density of Orangutan found anywhere on earth, but if current levels of forest clearing and conversion to plan oil plantation is not stopped immediately they will be come locally extinct very shortly. Photo: Paul Hilton

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An infant male orangutan being held illegally by wildlife traders in a small village on the outskirts of the Tripa peat forest, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The orangutan was discovered by an undercover investigation team on the 12th June, and four days later, was successfully confiscated by a team involving staff from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Local Police and Government Authorities. According to Dr Ian Singleton of SOCP, the Tripa peat forest is home to the highest population density of Orangutan found anywhere on earth, but if current levels of forest clearing and conversion to plan oil plantation is not stopped immediately they will be come locally extinct very shortly. Photo: Paul Hilton