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Rare Tapanuli Orangutan to be extinct soon, thanks to China’s mega dam

By Pallavi Guha on May 6, 2018   GENERAL  

The rare Tapanuli Orangutan, discovered last year in Sumatra, Indonesia, and one of the rarest animals on the planet could become an extinct species soon unless urgent action is invoked to reign in on a mega dam in China, said a team of global scientists. Besides the usual deforestation, the researchers have pointed out that […]

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