Jakarta, Oct. 13 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry had handled 290 wild animals affected by forest and land fires as of October 8, 2026, with 272 of them were located in four provinces in Kalimantan.

"Regarding wildlife, based on the ministry's recap up to October 8, 2026, about 290 wild animals were recorded nationwide as being handled in connection with the disaster," Head of Public Relations and Foreign Cooperation Bureau at the ministry Ristianto Pribadi said in a statement here on Tuesday.

Two hundred and seventy two of those animals were handled by the Natural Resources Conservation Agencies (BKSDA) in four provinces in Borneo Islands.

Pribadi explained the figure also included the handling of 96 Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygm...