BHUBANESWAR: A 41-year-old female orangutan, stated to be lone such species of the country, died at the Nandankanan Zoological Park on Wednesday night following a prolonged illness.
The great ape named ‘Binny’ was undergoing treatment for old-age complications under the supervision of experts for last one year.
Three days earlier, she developed severe cold and old-age related respiratory tract issues. She died at around 9.40 pm on Wednesday, reports said.
The zoo authorities said that the exact cause of death of the orangutan would be known after its post mortem.
Orangutan Binny was brought to Nandankanan from Pune’s Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park on November 20, 2003, when she was 25 years old.
Experts opine that orangutans can sometimes live up to 45 years in the wild and even more in the zoos.
