An orangutan kept as a prostitute in an Indonesian village 'screamed and defecated' when the brothel madam who kept her captive visited her in a rescue centre.
Pony, an endangered Bornean orangutan, was discovered in February 2003 inside a darkened room in the village of Kareng Pangi, Central Kalimantan chained to a wall and lying on a mattress.
She had been ruthlessly and abhorrently exploited by local palm oil farmers who would come to the village and pay £2 to have sex with her.
The brother 'madam' who enslaved Pony was initially allowed to visit her once a month at a conservation centre to 'reduce the risk of retribution among villagers' who were angry she had been taken.
Michelle Desilets, director of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK when Pony was rescued, told The Mirror: 'My friend Lone [Droscher-Nielson], who rescued Pony, had to bring in 30 army officers when she was seized.
'Afterwards, the madam visited Pony on a monthly arrangement to reduce the risk of retribution.
'But every time Pony saw her she would scream and defecate again and again. We were forced to increase security and put a stop to the visits.'
'Afterwards, the madam visited Pony on a monthly arrangement to reduce the risk of retribution.
'But every time Pony saw her she would scream and defecate again and again. We were forced to increase security and put a stop to the visits.'
Pony climbing trees and fording rivers in her new life at the orangutan sanctuary she was taken to after her rescue
Her carers believe she will never be released back into the wild as she lacks the skills to survive having lived in captivity for so long
Having been snatched from her mother when she was a baby, her captors treated Pony extremely harshly - shaving her every two days and forcing her to wear perfume and makeup.
She was even taught to perform sex acts on demand for her customers.
Lone Droscher-Nielson, who was part of the team who rescued Pony in 2003, told the Sun: 'When I found that she was used for prostitution and not just a pet I was horrified.
'Perhaps in my naivety I had never thought it humanly possible to do such a thing to an animal.'
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