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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Why did someone do this to me? Baby orangutan looks at the stumps of its missing fingers that were sliced off with a machete during forest clearances

Tragic: Four-month-old Sura was found in the wreckage of his home with fingers hacked by a machete

A four-month-old Orangutan is recovering after having the tips of his fingers hacked off, allegedly during forest clearances for a new oil palm plantation in Indonesian Borneo.
Sura, who was discovered by a resident of the Tumbang Koling village in East Kotawaringin Regency, is being nursed back to health by specialists at the Nyaru Menteng Rescue centre.
Vets carried out a full health check and discovered three of his fingers had been severed by either a knife or machete.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511803/Why-did-Baby-orangutan-looks-stumps-missing-fingers-sliced-machete-forest-clearances.html#ixzz2lXEjN64T

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