Worlds Only Living Albino Orangutan Gets Her Very Own Island To Live In Peace

Meet Alba the Bornean orangutan, with her white fur as well as piercing blue eyes, she is the rarest and most one-of-a-kind ape in the whole world.

Alba is the globe’s only albino orangutan, she was saved from a cage as well as released back into the wild in 2017.

Her uniqueness is not only beautiful yet additionally hazardous for her as she is a clear target for poachers as well as wild animals traffickers.

Regrettably, just like all albinos, Alba is a lot more susceptible to skin diseases along with hearing as well as vision loss than her pigment-rich counterparts.

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation the good news is tipped and also took action to keep her risk-free. They launched her story as well as spent months fundraising to purchase Alba her really own island, as she will certainly never be safe in her old residence.

Her story went viral, as well as after increasing $80,000, Alba’s dream became a reality, the foundation bought a remote island which was made into a refuge for Alba and also three of her friends.

The ‘forest-island’ is residence to a 25-acre jungle surrounded by a dense canal system. BOS offer additional security as well as day-and-night observation for health as well as actions.

“The brand-new forest-island for Alba will be protected 24/7 by safety team patrolling the island on a regular basis,” Nico Hermanu, interactions police officer for BOS, informed The Dodo. “The refuge effort additionally entails participation from the city government and also neighborhoods. This way, we can safely state that Alba must be well-protected in her brand-new forest-island.”

As Alba was drawn from her home in the wild when she was young, she lost out on discovering specific necessary needs for living.

So she will go through forest training as well as socialization sessions to discover the natural way that they would’ve from their mothers.

Ultimately, the rarest as well as most one-of-a-kind ape worldwide will be able to stay in safety and security.