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'Christmas Miracle' for Lonely Endangered Rhino

Conservationists in Malaysia airlifted a young Sumatran Rhinoceros — one of the world's most endangered animals — from an area where she had no hope of ever seeing another rhinoceros. After monitoring her isolation since 2007, the Sabah Wildlife Department and Borneo Rhino Alliance flew the female rhino, named Puntung to a forest where she would encounter a potential partner.

Blind Orangutan Receives Cataract Surgery, Sees her Babies for First Time

A formerly blind orangutan has been given the remarkable gift of being able to see her baby twins for the first time after undergoing cataract surgery in the first such operation in Indonesia. Prior to her surgery on Monday afternoon, Gober, a 40-year-old orangutan, had spent at least the last four years blind due to cataracts leading.

Shot in the Arm for Sumatran Elephants and Tigers

Encroachment by palm oil plantations into elephant habitat have greatly increased conflicts between humans and elephants. Now the Indonesian government is to double the size of a national park that is one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran elephants and tigers.