I haven't made a #PrimatePost in a while so let me recap one of the more famous orangutans on the net. Meet #Oshine. Many of you have likely seen this image where she's severely obese and eating in a nondescript room. The story behind her is that she was a victim of the primate pet trade and kept as a pet for years by her owners. She basically had free reign of the house and could eat whatever she wanted, as shown in the first episode of Monkey Life where they began her rescue:

https://youtu.be/IiC-fkw-HDE?list=PLsyJk79IVUkDctETwNO6Nli186Lm9ppxX&t=1019

Orangutans are meant to be frugivores that do not have yearly access to food. The result of her having unlimited access to sweets, and whatever other human food she wanted, resulted in her gaining a LOT of weight - up to 100 kg at one point.

Oshine has now been living at Monkey World sanctuary in Dorset ever since 2010. She has now lost substantial weight, and has been reintegrated into a group of Orangutans where she can finally be her natural orang self.

#PrimatesAreNotPets