WETY AND POPI

“Now Popi will not let herself share food with others, even to me,” said Wety Rupiana, the captain of APE Defender team. She is fully responsible at the current COP Borneo’s orangutan rehabilitation center. Wety was also Popi’s personal keeper when Popi entered this rehabilitation center 2 years ago. Wety, along with our veterinarians, took turns carrying a bottle of milk for baby Popi. Popi came as a very weak baby and just removed her umbilical cord.

Like a human baby, baby Popi was also crying and shrieking. Popi felt fear when she left alone, even though Wety was in the bathroom for a moment. Wety fell so many times from the stairs and even from the bridge between the camp and clinic because suddenly Popi screamed in the clinic. Wety’s appearance is almost irreplaceable. Like a human baby who is very dependent on her mother, a baby orangutan also has similar dependency on her mother.

Months passed, Popi grew up to be an orangutan child with an unpredictable behavior. Her pampered attitude began to change with a defiant attitude. It is not easy to tell Popi to climb the tree when she enjoyed playing on the ground, like rolling around or watching the roots covered in moss. But it was also not easy to tell her to come down from the tree when she enjoyed swinging from one branch to another. “Even the lure of milk will be ignored,” added Wety.

Popi is a baby orangutan who is forced to lose her mother. Popi loses her natural life in the forest with her mother. Baby orangutans are very dependent and they should be with the mother until they are 6 years old. “We helped her at COP Borneo. We hope that her wild nature continues to emerge as she grows older,” said Wety. Let’s help Popi to get her way back home through this link orangutanprotection.com/adopt/#4 (IND)

WETY DAN POPI
“Kini Popi tak akan membiarkan dirinya berbagi makanan dengan yang lain, bahkan padaku.”, kata Wety Rupiana, kapten APE Defender, orang yang bertanggung jawab penuh di pusat rehabilitasi orangutan COP Borneo saat ini. Wety jugalah yang menjadi perawat pribadi Popi saat Popi masuk pusat rehabilitasi ini 2 tahun yang lalu. Wety bersama dokter hewan lainnya bergantian membawakan botol berisi susu untuk bayi Popi yang baru saja lepas tali pusar nya. Bayi yang sangat lemah.

Seperti saat bayi manusia menjerit dengan tangisannya, Popi pun seperti itu. Rasa takut ketika ditinggal sendirian padahal Wety sesaat saja ke kamar mandi. Entah berapa kali Wety terjatuh dari tangga bahkan jembatan titian antara camp dan klinik karena tiba-tiba saja Popi menjerit saat dalam perawatan di klinik. Keberadaan Wety hampir tak tergantikan. Seperti bayi manusia yang sangat bergantung pada ibunya. Seperti itulah bayi orangutan dengan induknya.

Detik demi detik berlalu, Popi tumbuh menjadi anak orangutan dengan tingkahnya yang sulit ditebak. Sikap manja nya mulai berubah dengan sikap membangkang. Tak mudah menyuruhnya naik ke atas pohon, saat dia asik bermain di bawah, berguling-guling di tanah atau sedang memperhatikan akar yang diselimuti lumut. Tapi juga tak mudah menyuruhnya turun dari pohon, saat dia sudah asik bermain dari satu dahan ke dahan yang lain. “Bahkan iming-iming susu pun akan diabaikannya.”, tambah Wety.

Popi adalah salah satu bayi orangutan yang terpaksa kehilangan induknya. Popi kehilangan kehidupan alaminya di hutan bersama induknya. Suatu masa dimana bayi orangutan sangat tergantung pada induknya hingga dia berusia 6 tahun. “Kami di COP Borneo membantunya, kami berharap sifat alami liarnya terus muncul seiring usianya yang bertambah.”, ujar Wety. Yuk bantu Popi lewat http://www.orangutan.id/adopt/#4

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