An extremely rare blue-eyed albino orangutan rescued from a cage in Borneo may soon be released back into the wild.
On April 29, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) officials received information from the local police chief that some villagers in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province were holding a Bornean orangutan. When the rescue team arrived at Tanggirang village, they found that as a substitute of its characteristic orange-reddish-brown hair, the nice ape had white hair, a lighter skin color, and blue eyes. The mammal was also very sensitive to light.
A preliminary examination by health workers revealed that the nice ape is an especially rare albino orangutan. It is the primary such specimen encountered by the nonprofit organization because it was founded 25 years ago to guard the endangered Bornean orangutan and its habitat. The five-year-old female dog, who was in captivity for 2 days before being rescued, is currently undergoing tests at the muse’s rehabilitation center.
Rescuers noticed dried blood across the creature’s nose, which they believed happened when the monkey was battling villagers to free itself.
Officials say they are going to resolve whether to release the nice ape into the wild or keep it at the power, which currently houses nearly 750 orangutans, once they’re sure it’s healthy.
Perhaps the feminine orangutan will eventually be released back into the jungle.
It normally takes as much as eight years to show a captive orangutan the best way to find its own food and survive by itself, but this orangutan could be released much faster.
“He shows wild behavior,” said Nico Hermanu of the muse. “We think he may be released.”
“Due to the colour of her hair and eyes and her sensitivity to light, we estimate that she is an albino,” Hermanu said.
He said the group was not told why the locals had kidnapped the albino orangutan. “Our information shows that she was captured just two days earlier,” Hermanu said.
