He’s Carrying This Orangutan Back To The Forest Where He Belongs

If you live in a rural area, or near the woods, you’ve probably witnessed a wildfire or two. It can definitely get scary if that fire gets too close to your home, but imagine how absolutely terrifying it is for the animals who actually live there!

The forest, or jungle is their home, and the fire displaces entire groups of creatures. This has to be the single most devastating event in their lives. Well, this happened to this orangutan, who was found by the people at International Animal Rescue (IAR) on a burned out banana plantation.

This 20-year-old orangutan needed months of therapy and care in order to recover completely, and while it had been a long journey to full recovery, he was finally ready to go back to the forest.

Image Credit: YouTube / IAR

The team took Mata and another orangutan – a female named Mynah – on a long journey back to the forest where they could start over. It was by no means an easy trip, they both had to be physically carried to the van and then take a 52 hour trip to the village of Mengkilau.

Once there, it was time for everyone to get on some pretty rickety boats and travel miles through rough rapids to the release site. Much of the forest had grown back by now, an some of the bigger trees had even survived the devastating conflagration.

The crates they’d been riding in were placed in from of the trees, and they were released back into the wild.

The rescuers waited… and finally both orangutans were out of the crates, climbing the trees and foraging for food like nothing had happened!

After almost a year, and such a perilous journey, it’s no doubt these brave rescuers felt it had all been worth it!

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