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This is the beginning of a rehabilitation process that can take many years depending on the individual animal.

The most critical part of the rehabilitation is the first three years of the life of the baby orangutan. Usually, they come as young as two months here, and the critical age I would say from experience is the first three years. They get sick very fast. They get flu. They can die, so this is the most critical part of the rehabilitation. The first three years of their life.

It takes as long as 10 to 15 years to successfully rehabilitate one orangutan. They are like humans. They need motherly care.

When we use warm water, they are not crying when we give baths, but when we use the cold they're crying. They don't like.

The first thing we notice in most of these baby orangutans coming to the clinic is depression. They are very depressed. They usually don't eat or drink so it takes a lot of tender loving care from the staff. Feeding the baby, providing milk. I mean, it is a full time job. In cases like the baby is not able to get up by itself from the basket, it has to be brought home by the staff. She has to be taken care of because she needs every two hours or three hours, milk. And that is how difficult it is to look after orangutan babies.

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