Critically endangered orangutan and her baby are rescued after getting ensnared in trap

Published: 21:26 EDT, 25 October 2026 | Updated: 21:28 EDT, 25 October 2026 A critically endangered orangutan mother and baby have been rescued after being ensnared in a trap that caused severe injuries.Gadis, believed to be 25, and her 10-month-old son, Garis, were found by conservation workers in Indonesia enmeshed in a trap thought to be for wild boar. The pair - who were rescued early on Friday morning - were discovered near a village located in the Central Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo, with Gadis suffering painful lacerations caused by the trap tearing 'deep into her flesh'. Both are now receiving medical treatment at the Orangutan Foundation International clinic near the village of Pangkalan Bun. A conservation official said Gadis was found injured, with 'ropes tied' around her arms. They said: 'Gadis was found with the ropes tied to her upper right arm and lower left arm, and the wounds were bad because the ropes had torn deep into her flesh.'It looked like the ropes were set up as a wild boar snare trap.' Orangutan mother and baby, Gadis and Garis, were found by conservation workers in Indonesia enmeshed in a trap thought to be for wild boarWild boar hunting, which uses rope snares, is legal and common in parts of Indonesia as a pest control measure to protect crops, but illegal inside protected forests or national parks.Officials have repeatedly cautioned that careless placement of snares near wildlife areas could instead trap endangered sun bears or orangutans.Orangutans - native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia - are considered critically endangered, with declines in their population resulting human activities.Only about 120,000 remain in the wild in Borneo and Sumatra - about half the number from a century ago, according to conservation group WWF. But Gadis and Garis's rescue comes as dozens of orangutans have also been recovered in recent weeks from rampant wildfires burning across Indonesia.Two more were released in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on Saturday after being rescued from an oil palm plantation.