Baby Orangutan chained to a wall for a year

[Catherine]

The good news is that he has been rescued and now has the hope of a good life.

A poacher killed his mother and gave him to a friend who chained him to a wall between to houses. The picture will break your heart. He lived there alone on hard stones, no room to move, poorly fed for a year.
It is fortunate that there are rescue groups looking out for things like this.


https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...77fkWBR9Qg


This article has good pictures.

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...uchmRRBtOw


Since it is illegal to keep an orangutan like that of course he has been removed and taken to a sanctuary. I am not sure that I agree with the idea of no charges against anyone in this case. Maybe the guy should do community service at a shelter and see how orangutans should be cared for.

No baby orangutan should ever be orphaned like that. No baby orangutan should ever be kept as a pet. Having kept the baby orangutan as a pet the man did a very poor job of caring for him. He wouldn't be allowed to keep a dog that way.
A Year!  Why did no one report him. Other people knew about it. WHY! Why would they let it go on so long. Did nobody care enough to help a baby who was suffering.