Medical workers operate on ‘Hope’ the orangutan, who was shot dozens of times with an air rifle. Photo: AP
Medical workers operate on ‘Hope’ the orangutan, who was shot dozens of times with an air rifle. Photo: AP
Indonesia
Asia /  Southeast Asia

Orangutan blinded after being shot 74 times with an air gun in Indonesia; its baby dies of malnutrition

  • The animal was found on a farm in Aceh province last week with its month-old baby, which later died from critical malnutrition

Associated Press
Associated Press

Updated: 1:08pm, 20 Mar, 2019

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Medical workers operate on ‘Hope’ the orangutan, who was shot dozens of times with an air rifle. Photo: AP
Medical workers operate on ‘Hope’ the orangutan, who was shot dozens of times with an air rifle. Photo: AP
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