Arto
Baby Arto was being kept illegally as a pet. The family claimed they found him abandoned by his mother, who had been chased away by dogs. Dressed in baby clothes and a bracelet, Arto was treated like a human child. He was bathed three times a week, destroying his skin's ability to fight infection. And he was fed a diet of human foods. The suffering and fear Arto endured is unthinkable.
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Asto and Asih
Asto and Asih were rescued by our Sumatran Rescue Alliance (SRA) and local BKSDA (Nature Conservation Agency) in April 2021. They were being held illegally at a suburban home on the Indonesian island of Java. After their confiscation, medical checks and rest, they were flown to Sumatra with members of the SRA and then driven to the SRA centre in North Sumatra.
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Felix
Rescued from a life of suffering, baby Felix was found locked in a tiny cage where he had been kept illegally as a pet for six months. His tiny body bore the scars of captivity—wounds on his head from banging against the bars and sores on his fingers from clinging to the cage in distress. Weak, malnourished, and running a fever, he had endured unimaginable fear and trauma.
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Harapi
Little Harapi was rescued by our Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance (BORA) and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in June 2023. He was being held illegally in Long Gie Village in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan. The BORA team received information about Harapi in the morning of 12 June 2023 and immediately set off to investigate. Upon arrival, they discovered that Harapi had been kept as a family pet for approximately one month. He was dressed in baby clothes and was wearing a necklace.
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Siti
Siti was confiscated by the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in Lampung Province, Sumatra in May 2021, along with a male infant orangutan named Sudin. They were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade when they were about to be loaded onto a ferry at Bakauhuni Harbor in Lampung. Estimated to be only 18 months of age, these tiny babies would have still been fully dependent on their mothers.
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Sudin
Little Sudin was confiscated by the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in Lampung Province, Sumatra in May 2021, along with a female infant orangutan named Siti. They were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade when they were about to be loaded onto a ferry at Bakauhuni Harbor in Lampung. Estimated to be only 18 months of age, these tiny babies would have still been fully dependent on their mothers.
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