Safari World executives said that none of their animals were abused and that the orangutans were fed “human-grade fruits” and lived in air-conditioned rooms. “There is a culture here to eat meat, meat from the forest,” said the town’s prosecutor, Willy Ndjoko Kesidi. Special introductory price.”. Ape trafficking is a little-known corner of the illicit wildlife trade, a global criminal enterprise that hauls in billions of dollars. The baby ape is filmed tied to a cage and becoming distressed when the beer is taken away When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Here is what unfolded. SOCP successfully rescued the young male infant orangutan on Feb. 19, 2013, after local fishermen isolated a female adult and her baby in the Tripa … Dealers in the Middle East have posted many pictures of apes for sale, sometimes advertising them as friendly pets for children. Orangutans are gentler than chimps, but still, they are not always gentle, and investigators say zoo trainers sometimes beat them with lead pipes wrapped in … They appeared scared but healthy, and have since been sent to a Thai wildlife sanctuary. “You got this poor animal, without its mother, without any other members of its own species, totally bewildered and terrorized, all for human amusement.”. As the area’s human population grows, animals’ natural environments are being encroached upon. Since infant orangutans cling to their mothers for their first few months of life, zoo staff currently carry the baby for 24 hours a day ! In Africa, it’s the same, with new rubber plantations, new roads and new farms cutting deeply into gorilla areas. Malnourished and terrified apes have been seized across the world, in undercover busts or at border checkpoints, in countries as varied as France, Nepal, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kuwait. And more Toms. Freeland works in secrecy, with undercover agents based in a sealed room that other employees are not allowed to enter. "It’s highly likely that she has been killed as yet another victim of hunters or agricultural workers protecting their crops. Rescued Baby Orangutan Shines Light on Cruel, Illegal Pet Trade [Video] El drama de un bebé orangután desnutrido y posiblemente lisiado hace un llamado a poner fin al tráfico de animales. For years, Mr. Stiles has performed undercover research on wildlife trafficking across Africa, but recently his work has taken him off the continent. Several weeks later, after a few more rounds of text messages with Tom to firm up the details, Mr. Stiles decided to fly to Bangkok. But a baby was different, he said. Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . Safari World said it relied on third-party suppliers, and the zoo insisted that most of its apes had been born in Thailand. They have the same withdrawal symptoms we do.”, International wildlife regulations prohibit the trade of endangered apes for commercial purposes. Sad Story of a BABY ORANGUTAN who couldnt grow up, caged in a chicken coop and fed only milk - Duration: 2:32. Orangutans are gentler than chimps, but still, they are not always gentle, and investigators say zoo trainers sometimes beat them with lead pipes wrapped in rolled-up newspapers to force them to perform tricks. Unraveling YouTube’s monkey torture network Psychopath network of monkey torture videos garners millions of views for years on end and nothing is being done about it. (All great ape species are endangered; most gibbons species are as well.). A baby orangutan ambles across the grass at a rehabilitation center in Kalimantan, in the heart of Indonesian Borneo. But Tom was nowhere to be found. Plantation workers named the terrified little ape Rahman, after the man who found him. 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