EPA 2012-08-31 20:00:47 Cataract Surgery for Blind Orangutan Mother
A picture made available on 31 August 2012 shows an elderly, blind female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), Gober taking care of her 18 month-old twins, Ginting and Ganteng at the quarantine center run by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programm (SOCP) in Batu Mbelin, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 25 July 2012. SOCP announced that Gober sees her baby twins for the first time after a successfull cataract surgery. According the SOCP, cataract surgery for orangutans is still very rare and this is probably the first such operation in Indonesia. EPA/MAST IRHAM
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