# Baby orangutans found in Indian forest spark trafficking inquiry

https://mins.news/en/item/51029

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 07:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgynv90599o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Five baby orangutans were rescued from a forest in Odisha, thousands of kilometres from their natural habitats in Indonesia and Malaysia. Officials are investigating whether an international smuggling network brought them into India and abandoned them near a highway. The critically endangered animals are quarantined at Nandankanan Zoological Park.

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