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An orangutan trapped in a snare survived for ten days without food or water before he was rescued by IAR’s team in West Kalimantan. The young adult male was close to death when they reached him and cut him free. His right arm was caught in the snare which had been set to trap deer and wild boar. The orangutan had stepped in a loop of rope hidden under leaves on the ground which tightened and pulled upwards when he trod on it. The rescue team, led by veterinary director Karmele Llano Sanchez, sedated the orangutan, freed him from the snare and gave him fluids for severe dehydration before transporting him back to IAR’s clinic in Ketapang to amputate his hand which he had actually tried to eat through in order to free himself. [photos | article]

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