In this Sept. 13, 2016 photo, Sandra the orangutan sits in her enclosure at an eco-park, formerly the Palermo zoo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Sandra has a millstone hung around her neck.”A panel of three international experts reviewed Sandra’s situation and presented a set of recommendations to Liberatori last year. The options included: releasing Sandra into the wild, transferring her to a sanctuary, or “constructing an accommodation” for the ape. Sandra was born in a zoo in Germany and is an institutionalized orangutan, so the panel recommended against releasing her into the wild fearing she would not survive. Liberatori, who is in charge of overseeing the process, got a ferry company to donate ropes for the orangutan.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2016 03:56 UTC