‘House pet’ Borneo orang utans saved

Safe and sound: A vet carrying Utu after he is rescued from villagers who had kept him as a house pet in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. — AFP

Jakarta: Young orang utan Utu clings to one of his rescuers as he is freed from the tiny wooden cage that has been home for five years.

The tiny primate, covered in fuzzy auburn hair, is one of three Bornean orang utans saved in Indonesia over the past two weeks.