Eight orangutans rescued from forest fires on the island of Borneo have been released back into the wild.

Eight orangutans rescued from forest fires on the island of Borneo have been released back into the wild.

The island of Borneo is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

These orangutans include two young males and three mothers, two each

Their child was saved.

They were rescued from West Kalimantan, which is in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo

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The new home of these orangutans is the Batu Nyambo protected area, which has both resources, water and food, and is connected to other forests.

Orangutans, of which only about 100,000 remain in Borneo and Sumatra, are in danger of extinction.