{"id":1795,"date":"2014-04-17T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2014-04-23T00:07:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T00:07:06","slug":"surgery-save-orang-utan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/surgery-save-orang-utan\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgery to Save Orang Utan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u201cHarry and the Hendersons\u201d meets \u201cER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A hulking orangutan lies patiently on an Indonesian clinic\u2019s operating table as a staffer gets to work removing metal pellets \u2014 fired by a poacher \u2014 from the poor primate\u2019s backside.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1797\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\" wp-image-1797\" alt=\"Orang Utan\" src=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_002.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_002.jpg 650w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exam room &#8230; the Orangutan Information Center has cared for over 280 orang-utans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wilds. (Picture: Sutanda Aditya Source: AFP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 14-year-old male was rescued Tuesday in northern Sumatra\u2019s Langkat district and taken to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program center in nearby Sibolangit.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Forestry, the center has saved hundreds of the endangered Sumatran orangutans amid a shrinking habitat and a worsening poaching crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching in 1999, it has reintroduced more than 200 into the wild.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1796\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1796\" class=\" wp-image-1796\" alt=\"Orang Utan\" src=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_001.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_001.jpg 650w, http:\/\/indogomagazine.com\/indogo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/OrangUtan_001-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patient &#8230; a veterinary staff member conducts medical examinations on a 14-year-old male orang-utan found with air gun metal pellets embedded in his body. (Picture: Sutanta Aditya Source: AFP)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Their habitats and lives are threatened by growing plantations and poachers<\/p>\n<p>This orangutan was rescued near the Langkat district on April 15 with air gun metal pellets in his body, the victim of a worsening poaching crisis in a country where primate habitats are shrinking due to the land being converted to palm oil plantations.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s ministry of forestry personnel and the Orangutan Information Center have rescued and cared for hundreds of critically-endangered orangutans from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners. Over 200 have been reintroduced into the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s \u201cHarry and the Hendersons\u201d meets \u201cER.\u201d A hulking orangutan lies patiently on an Indonesian clinic\u2019s operating table as a staffer gets to work removing metal pellets \u2014 fired by a poacher \u2014 from the poor primate\u2019s backside. 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