Society: Orangutans habitat disappearing


Endangered: If no effort is done to safeguard their habitat, the orangutans may go extinct by 2020.

GEORGE TOWN: The orangutan is facing a serious threat of extinction if nothing is done to safeguard their habitat.

Malaysian Primatological Society (MPS) president Dr Mashhor Mansor said the primates, which were an endangered species, might go extinct by 2020 due to forest fires and poachers.

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