Indonesia

A Farmer Found an Orangutan Collapsing in Borneo’s Fire Zone — But Sampurna May Be Only the Beginning

KETAPANG, Indonesia — A farmer heading to his land in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province came across a distressing sight on Sunday: an orangutan lying weak and struggling on the ground near an area engulfed by forest and peatland fires. The orangutan, later named Sampurna, had apparently been overwhelmed not by severe burns but by something rescuers say can be just as dangerous — the thick smoke blanketing parts of Indonesian Borneo. Farmer Jais found the animal on an oil-palm plantation in