Authorities Hold Autopsy on Orangutan with 100 Bullet Wounds
7 February 2018 13:04 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Samarinda - The Bontang Resort Police together with a team from the Environment and Forestry Ministry, as well as veterinarians from the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP), conducted an autopsy on an at the Kutai National Park. The orangutan died after being shot.
"Until now, the autopsy is still underway at the Pupuk Kaltim Hospital," the COP's habitat protection manager Ramadhani said on Tuesday, February 6.
According to Dhani, the orangutans died on Tuesday morning. The x-ray shows that there are more than 100 airgun bullets in the orangutan's body, including its head. The poor creature had been treated at the National Park Hall Kutai.
"We also found external wounds that appeared to be the result of abuse," Dhani.
The policy will use the autopsy result as a base for investigation to capture the animal abusers.
The orangutan was found by locals at the Kutai National Park on Saturday, February 3, in weak condition. The founders reported it to the park's rangers, and the orangutan was then evacuated for treatment. Sadly, the creature's condition continued to worsen, and it died on Tuesday morning.
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