Helping hand: Teams from International Animal Rescue are trying to help orangutans stranded in the region. (Photo/Mail Online)

'Of course he has a very long way to go in his recover - and a long journey ahead if he is to be rehabilitated and eventually return to the wild - but he is in safe hands now.

'Tragically, Gito won't be the last baby we rescue.

'Our rescue team are risking their lives every day to save orangutans, and there will certainly be more babies orphaned.

'I would just urge the public to continue supporting our work so that we can save as many orangutans' lives as possible.'

Illegal forest and agricultural fires have been lit to clear land for Indonesian plantations, cloaking Southeast Asia in a thick haze for months.

The dry season exacerbates the fires and region-wide pollution. However, in recent days, persistent rains have doused many blazes and cleared the air across vast stretches of Southeast Asia.