An orangutan chained to
bed, shaved daily and forced to have sex with men for years, has finally
undergone rehabilitation after it was rescued from its kidnapper.
The animal, named Pony, was
captured and “treated as a prostitute” by her kidnapper, who pimped her out to
clients.
The sickening abuse carried
on for years before she was finally freed.
Rescuers discovered Pony’s
body had been shaved and she was covered in painful bites.
She had been chained to a
bed and raped repeatedly.
The Borneo Orangutan
Survival Foundation said:
“Unthinkably, Pony was herself
treated as a prostitute. Men could pay a certain amount of money to the house
owner to have sex with her.”
It is thought Pony was just
six years old when she was rescued and it is not known exactly how long she had
been at the ‘brothel’.
The BOSF’s statement
continued:
“The house owner strongly
refused to give up Pony. To her, Pony was a cash machine and a source of luck.”
It took the intervention of
police and military officers to persuade the homeowner to allow the orangutan
to leave.
During her ordeal, Pony was
made to perform sex acts on men and it has taken more than a decade to
rehabilitate her.
She was brought to the
Nyaru Menteng centre in Borneo, Indonesia, where workers were alarmed at the
damage done to her.
Pony showed no desire to
explore and was not able to forage for food herself.
“It was horrifying. She was
a sex slave – it was grotesque. She must have been in so much pain.”
The orangutan was rescued
in 2003.
During her rehabilitation,
men were not allowed near her, as she was obviously traumatised by the cruel
treatment she had endured.
It is only after 15 years
that she is finally in good health and able to forage for food at the Nyaru
Menteng Rehabilitation Centre, where she is in an enclosure with seven other
orangutans.
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