Rare orangutan blinded after being shot 74 times as she protected four-week-old baby from evil hunters
A RARE orangutan has been blinded after being shot 74 times as she protected her four-week-old baby from evil hunters in Indonesia.
Saraswati said the animal, named Hope by the team of rescuers, also had several open wounds believed to have been caused by sharp objects.Conflicts between orangutans and people have increased as the palm oil and paper industries shrink the animals’ jungle habitat. She said that during the operation they only removed seven of the gun pellets because they had to prioritise fixing the animal’s broken collarbone and the risk of infection that it posed.The orangutan conservation program said the use of readily available air guns to shoot and kill wildlife, including orangutans, was a major problem in Indonesia.
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