Baby Orangutan Cries After Being Rescued From A Cage After Three Months
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A baby orangutan was filmed crying as it was let free from its cage after three months in captivity.
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The young ape, named Batis, was taken in by a man after being found on the edge of a forest in Borneo, Indonesia, and later shut away in a "dirty" wooden cage .
While the man in question claims he thought he was rescuing the animal, as it had been alone without its mother for a matter of hours, the conditions in which he housed it were an even bleaker picture.
The cage Batis was shut in was only 80cm by 50cm, and he wasn't let out for a whole 12 weeks.
Devastatingly, as rescuers came across him in the cage and took him in to safety, the little orangutan can be seen wailing, and clinging on to the animal rescuers for dear life.
The six month old creature was later filmed happily gulping down fluids and food - and is now reported to be in good health.
The ape has now been placed in an eight-week quarantine, but it is hoped he will soon join other orangutans at the IAR Indonesia's Orangutan Rescue and Conservation Centre in Sungai Awan, Ketapang.
IAR Indonesia programme director, Karmele L Sanchez said: "The keeping of wild animals as pets should no longer happen.
"In addition to threatening the preservation of wildlife, irresponsible behaviour like this also risks endangering humans with diseases that may be carried by wildlife.
"It is time to stop keeping wild animals captive, both orangutans and other animals that should remain in the forest.
"People who find or see orangutans and other wildlife in a place where they don't belong should immediately report it to the authorities."
The orangutan was rescued from a hamlet in Hulu Sungai District, Ketapang Regency, on 17th April.
If this isn't a stark reminder to leave animals be, we don't know what is.