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I just found this, so you'll have to read it too: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3657105/prostitute-orangutan-pony-tragic-story/
Summary:
TW: sexual animal abuse
Female orangutan named Pony was used as a prostitute for years. She was chained to a bed, shaved every other day leaving her with irritated, itchy, sore-covered skin. They also put make-up, perfume and jewellery on her, and taught her to perform sex acts. The local community didn't want to let her go because she was generating great revenue. In the end it took 35 armed police officers to rescue her.Jesus Christ
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Welp. That’s fucking awful.
I'm gonna regret asking this, but is there a better source than The Sun?
Seems like just some short interview by Vice: https://www.vice.com/sv/article/yo1-v14n10/
This comes from the foundation that rescued her, though it's mostly about the improvements: https://web.archive.org/web/20160302025529/http://orangutan.or.id/ponys-new-life-2/
Original link returns 404 now.
Wikipedia also lists that as their domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo_Orangutan_Survival
Also this low quality footage: https://youtu.be/Qv8NlidN2wg?t=765 (should jump you to 12:45).
From Vice:
I assume that may be the hysterical crying in that video.
holy fucking shit
Can that summary be hidden, like with a spoiler tag? I can't stomach this stuff. It'll be days before I am not constantly thinking about that poor abused animal.
I take solace in the fact that she was rescued and is now living a safe, happy life.