{"id":2190901,"date":"2026-05-07T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2190901"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:08:22","slug":"cries-of-delight-as-sumatran-orangutan-filmed-using-canopy-bridge-to-cross-road-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/cries-of-delight-as-sumatran-orangutan-filmed-using-canopy-bridge-to-cross-road-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cries of delight\u2019 as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a canopy bridge to cross a road.<\/p>\n

In 2024, conservationists in the Pakpak Bharat district of North Sumatra in\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an essential route for local people but which became a barrier for animals.<\/p>\n

Natural crossing was \u201cimpossible for wildlife\u201d, said Erwin Alamsyah Siregar, director of Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa (TaHuKah), the environmental organisation that helped install the bridge.<\/p>\n

For two years, the\u00a0Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and TaHuKah, its local partner, had been watching camera-trap footage of the bridge, waiting for the day that an orangutan would finally cross.<\/p>\n