Asia’s Last Great Apes 7:00, 2002 (Ref: AS02207)

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The Orangutan is one of the most gentle of south-east Asia’s wild creatures. Yet for years they have been victims of a brutal trade – in which adults are killed so that the young can be turned into pets.    

Facing extinction in less than a decade – the last hope for these animals may lie in a new refuge set up in Borneo.

We report on a Danish woman who left a high-flying job to help save Asia’s last great apes.