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‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time

For the first time, a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed using a purpose-built canopy bridge to cross a road in Pakpak Bharat district, North Sumatra, Indonesia, two years after the bridge was constructed to connect split orangutan habitats at risk of genetic bottlenecks and functional extinction. The successful crossing, documented by conservation groups Sumatran Orangutan Society and TaHuKah, offers optimism that such wildlife infrastructure can support the survival of the species, which has a remaining wild population of roughly 14,000 individuals.