This Might Be the Fattest Orang Utan You've Seen
Oh no, our growing problem in obesity has moved from adults to child, now our orang utans are turning obese too!
By Mei Mei Chu — 05 Jul 2013, 03:17 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Meet Jackie, the 22-year-old orang utan who is a little bit obese at 100kg
In rehab: Jackie is being quarantined for three months for evaluation. Pic via The Star
Image via imgur.comJackie reportedly weighs 100 kilograms (16 stone), twice the normal weight of an adult female in the rich jungle habitats of Borneo island.
Jackie is double the weight of a female orang utan and will be put on a strict diet
An obese orang utan has been put on a strict diet as wildlife rangers hope to rehabilitate the ape back into the wild.
thestar.com.mySabah Wildlife assistant director Dr Sen Nathan said Jackie was quarantined for three months for evaluation and screened for tuberculosis and hepatitis.
thestar.com.myJackie is starting to eat leafy vegetables and fruits that contain more fibrous material. She has been placed on a very strict diet until her body weight returns to normal
newsabahtimes.com.myShe was relocated from Poring on March 21 this year for a quarantine period of three months so that her health could be evaluated and screened for any communicable disease such as TB or Hepatitis.
newsabahtimes.com.myShe snacked on too much junk food given by tourists
The 22-year-old female orang utan, named Jackie, had to be rehabilitated as it spent most of the last two decades consuming junk food provided by tourists at Poring in Ranau under Sabah Parks.
malaysiandigest.comDepartment director Laurentius Ambu was cited in a newspaper report on Friday as saying that Jackie's familiarity with her human carers led her to seek out tourists at the park's visitors' area.
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Jackie has been at the park since she was two but kept returning even after she was released
He said Jackie was from the Poring forest area and was handed over to Sabah Parks by local villagers about 20 years ago when she was two years old.
malaysiandigest.comSabah Parks management sent her back to the wild in the Poring forest hoping that she will be rehabilitated but unfortunately being close to her human carers, Jackie kept coming back to the park’s tourist visitor area, Laurentius said.
thestar.com.myJackie has lost 15kg and is a much happier orang utan now
“Right now, her weight has come down to around 85kg and she looks more firm and can move easily without panting, added Dr Sen. “But even with this loss of weight she still would not be able to survive in Sepilok, let alone the wild.
newsabahtimes.com.my“I am glad that Jackie is a much happier orang utan now,” he said when responding to concern raised by a group, Foto Malaysia, on the condition of the orang utan which they claimed was exploited for tourism.
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