after twelve months spent chained to a crumbling wall in solitary confinement
minke the orphaned orangutans had no trust left for humans
certainly they'd never give him any reason to think otherwise but he was
about to find out that not all humans feel the same way about orangutans
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you won't miss our future videos still up to that point Mickey's life had been
rather grim to begin after his mother was killed he was left all alone in the
world in 2017 meanwhile poachers then captured the young ape as he wandered
through a wooded area in Indonesia it seemed as if his luck was just getting
worse it's suspected that the poachers then gave the little orangutans to a
friend and as a consequence poor Mickey was then chained by the neck and tied to
a wall down a narrow alleyway at the back of a residential property the
beautiful animal had a mere two feet of space to move in the tiny opening
between the homes sadly for Mickey this crumbling prison would become his home
for an entire year so lonely was the wild creature this
alien world moreover that he'd hug himself to sleep at night his own arms
that seemed were the only comfort that he could find
and if minke story couldn't get any more heartbreaking his new owner had a
sadistic purpose for keeping the baby orangutan every so often he'd be untied
from the wall and used to entertain friends and family the man who was
holding Mickey captive said he wanted him to be chained in his premises as
entertainment for his family explained pun newt hottyz whoa yo from the
orangutan Information Center in Indonesia he'd feed him bits of fruit
and sometimes rice but it was no life for Mickey in fact if it wasn't for the
orangutan information centers hard work it's unknown what would have become of
little Mickey based in the north Sumatran city of Madonn the nonprofit
organization rescue orangutans 'he's an immediate danger in addition it also
works alongside Indonesian communities to inform them about the importance of
orangutan conservation explaining how the organization was made aware of
Mickey's dire situation heis whoa you said in an October
20-18 interview with the dodo through our intelligence work we discovered the
orangutan illegally held in the house in a rural area near Blanc PD City AUSA
barat daya he was chained to a wall between two houses and we estimated that
he was around three years old indeed Ming keys keeper was breaking the
law by keeping the orangutan on his property the team from the orangutan
information center then duly contacted the local police who helped them finally
free the poor animal and perhaps unsurprisingly little Miki had grown so
suspicious of humans that he became violent during his rescue the team was
left with little choice then but to tranquilize him according to
eyewitnesses on the scene moreover the ape was terrified of his rescuers as a
result it looked as though the centre was going to have a tough job on their
hands to rehabilitate this traumatized primate Miki was taken back to the
organization sanctuary where their dedicated team would work hard to
rebuild the orangutans confidence and strength before releasing him into the
wild meanwhile following Mickey's rescue the orangutan Information Center posted
a photo album documenting the Apes plight and subsequent liberation on its
Facebook page perhaps unsurprisingly the pictures caused a stir online receiving
over 600 shares and 700 reactions why one of the many comments simply asked
pointless solitary confinement for a hugely social animal one can only
imagine the emotional let alone physical damage done to this innocent magnificent
creature disgusting cruelty heartbreaking to
think what he's been through in the last year another added thank God you found
him so amputee here he's being rehabilitated
and may one day be released into the wild meanwhile Mickey's owner managed to
escape prosecution as he claimed that the ape was given to him he also
willingly surrendered the animal when rescue teams arrived thankfully this
allowed the team to expertly deal with the terrified ape and smoothly deliver
him to safety unfortunately however it's not unusual
for orangutans to be kept as illegal pets in Indonesia indeed it's believed
that hundreds of infant orangutans are taken from the wild each year in order
to do this poachers often kill the mother before snatching her baby from
her dead Bonni an event which may have happened
in Mickey's case any illegal pet trade has been devastating for wild
populations of orangutans who are also facing threats from hunting and habitat
loss due to the growth of palm oil forests as a result these amazing
creatures are now classified as critically endangered with just 60,000
left in the wild back at the orangutan sanctuary though
fortunately Mickey has a bright future ahead of him the orangutans would have
been suffering forever but luckily our team discovered him the center revealed
in a Facebook update he's now in safe hands our team is a lifeline for many
orangutans in Sumatra it's extremely important that our team is able to
continue to be in the field monitoring conflict situations and/or isolated
forest patches containing orangutans so that these smaller but still vital
populations are not lost he added and although he'll never get back his
murdered mother or the year he spent in captivity minke is living proof that
abuse of orangutans will not be tolerated
indeed we owe it to them as one of our closest animal relatives to preserve
their species for years to come I hope you like this video if so please hit the
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