The Story of Cantik
Cantik is a baby orangutan who arrived at the recovery centre of IAR in Ketapang, Borneo, with a foot in very poor condition. She was probably trapped for several days in a trap and her food had become gangrenous. After spending several weeks in the clinic were she recovered from her poor health, her foot was amputated. It took almost a year for Cantik to fully recover and at first it was difficult for her to get used to her new life and her companions. Currently, fully recovered, she lives a happy life in semi-wild conditions learning everything she needs to know to live in the wild when she will be reintroduced in a few years. Her disability does not prevent her from moving with agility in the trees and she is very well integrated into her social group.
The attitudes and suffering of this animals, the way they understand and explore their environment remind us that they are very close relatives to us humans in many ways and this fact adds to their ecosystemic value the need to spend efforts to save this species and each of its individuals.
International Animal Rescue conducts the laudable task of rehabilitating orang-utans that have been left orphans or injured making many efforts to save the species and each of its individuals.
