"When we humans lost our humanity, animals inspire and teach us to regain what we lost."
Anil Prabakar was in Samboja, East Kalimantan, on a tour in an orangutan facility managed by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF).
Prabhakar said "There was a report of snakes in that area so the warden came over and he was clearing snakes, It was difficult for the guard to move in the muddy, flowing water. I saw an orangutan come very close to him and just offer him his hand. It seemed as if the orangutan was saying "May I help you?" to the man, I really wasn't able to click. I never expected something like that. I just grabbed that moment. It was really emotional."
Jamartin Sihite, the chief executive officer of the BOSF, confirmed that the moment happened in a BOSF facility on island No. 6, where the female orangutan, Anih, 25, lives.
Jamartin said the man in the water, Syahrul, was an employee at BOSF.
“Anih and Syahrul have known each other since the 1990s,” he said. Anih
was brought to the facility by someone in that decade.
“Syahrul was doing the maintenance in the picture,” Jamartin explained.
Source: The Jakarta Post, CNN
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