14 DAY TRIAL // A group of orangutans have recently been rescued by a team of conservationists working with UK charity International Animal Rescue and the forestry department in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Southeast Asia after the forest they used to call their home got destroyed almost in its entirety by bulldozers.
According to The Sun, the trees in which these animals used to dwell were brought down so as to clear the land and make room for a palm oil plantation.
The people who caught these apes and took them to safety explain that, when they found them, most of them were pretty much starving. This was because the clearing of the forest left them without access to any food sources.
Amongst the orangutans rescued in this part of Borneo there were one mother orangutan and her baby. A pregnant female was also found struggling to survive in these dreadful conditions.
“The area where they were found was too small to provide them with sufficient food because the company had cleared most of the forest,” conservationist Alan Knight told members of the press.
“The only positive note is that, on this occasion, rather than chasing them away or killing them, the palm oil company did the right thing and contacted us so we could move them to a place of safety.” Alan Knight further argued.