No it's not Big Foot! Drowsy orangutan shot by poachers has his wounds tended to on extended operating table in Sumatra
Enormous 14-year-old male dwarfs vets working to remove gun shot pellets
By DANIEL MILLER
PUBLISHED: 13:09 GMT, 17 April 2014 | UPDATED: 15:41 GMT, 17 April 2014
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This drowsy Orangutan is a dead ringer for the mythical Big Foot as he is treated in hospital after being shot by poachers.
The enormous 14-year-old male dwarfed the petite vet as she worked to remove several metal pellets from his body at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme centre.
Docile: This huge Orangutan looked extremely grateful as he lay back for a medical examination after being shot by poachers in Sumatra
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Docile: This huge Orangutan looked extremely grateful as he lay back for a medical examination after being shot by poachers in Sumatra
Lookalike: The hulking male great ape is a dead ringer for the mythical Big foot, seen here in the classic 1987 movie Harry and the Hendersons
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Lookalike: The hulking male great ape is a dead ringer for the mythical Big foot, seen here in the classic 1987 movie Harry and the Hendersons
The team conduct medical examinations on a 14-year-old male orangutan found with air gun metal pellets embedded in his body in Sibolangit district in northern Sumatra island.
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The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners.
Over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild.
The critically-endangered primates population are dwindling rapidly due to poaching and rapid destruction of their forest habitat that is being converted into palm oil plantation.
The great ape was rescued by Indonesia's ministry of forestry personnel and Orangutan Information Center earlier this week in nearby Langkat district.
He was found in a small patch of forest and agricultural plantation.
SOCP began in 1999.One of its first targets was to establish a quarantine facility for confiscated illegal pets and a reintroduction programme to release these animals back to the wild.
In 2002 the Batu Mbelin orangutan quarantine center was finally completed near Medan in North Sumatra.
SOCP monitors the status of remaining wild orangutan populations in Sumatra using remote sensing and field surveys.
There is a growing problem of human-orangutan conflict, where orangutans at the forest edge are increasingly attacked for raiding the crops of local farmers.
Safe hands: The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild
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Safe hands: The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild
No it's not Big Foot! Drowsy orangutan shot by poachers has his wounds tended to on extended operating table in Sumatra
Enormous 14-year-old male dwarfs vets working to remove gun shot pellets
By DANIEL MILLER
PUBLISHED: 13:09 GMT, 17 April 2014 | UPDATED: 15:41 GMT, 17 April 2014
9,140 shares 73View
comments
This drowsy Orangutan is a dead ringer for the mythical Big Foot as he is treated in hospital after being shot by poachers.
The enormous 14-year-old male dwarfed the petite vet as she worked to remove several metal pellets from his body at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme centre.
Docile: This huge Orangutan looked extremely grateful as he lay back for a medical examination after being shot by poachers in Sumatra
+3
Docile: This huge Orangutan looked extremely grateful as he lay back for a medical examination after being shot by poachers in Sumatra
Lookalike: The hulking male great ape is a dead ringer for the mythical Big foot, seen here in the classic 1987 movie Harry and the Hendersons
+3
Lookalike: The hulking male great ape is a dead ringer for the mythical Big foot, seen here in the classic 1987 movie Harry and the Hendersons
The team conduct medical examinations on a 14-year-old male orangutan found with air gun metal pellets embedded in his body in Sibolangit district in northern Sumatra island.
More...
Quarter of children think Hare and Tortoise and Golden Goose are in Easter story as Bible Society warns of 'lack of knowledge'
Too cute for words (almost): Adorable baby squirrel gets a bright red cast after falling 75ft from nest onto concrete and breaking her ankle
Head and shoulders above the rest! A baby alligator proudly rides on mother's head to keep dry and catch some sun
The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners.
Over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild.
The critically-endangered primates population are dwindling rapidly due to poaching and rapid destruction of their forest habitat that is being converted into palm oil plantation.
The great ape was rescued by Indonesia's ministry of forestry personnel and Orangutan Information Center earlier this week in nearby Langkat district.
He was found in a small patch of forest and agricultural plantation.
SOCP began in 1999.One of its first targets was to establish a quarantine facility for confiscated illegal pets and a reintroduction programme to release these animals back to the wild.
In 2002 the Batu Mbelin orangutan quarantine center was finally completed near Medan in North Sumatra.
SOCP monitors the status of remaining wild orangutan populations in Sumatra using remote sensing and field surveys.
There is a growing problem of human-orangutan conflict, where orangutans at the forest edge are increasingly attacked for raiding the crops of local farmers.
Safe hands: The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild
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Safe hands: The center has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild
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