Deadly Indonesia floods wiped out at least 7% of rare orangutan population, report says

Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed.The cyclone-induced floods and landslides killed at least 1,200 people and damaged around 300,000 homes, with environmental groups blaming the extent of the damage on the rapid deforestation of Sumatra island.At least 58 Tapanuli orangutans, which are endemic to an area around north Sumatra's Batang Toru forest, were killed in the floods, the report said, citing a survey of the western bl…READ FULL ARTICLE