<p>A four-year-old male orangutan named Kotap who had been kept ‘prisoner’ in a small box was rescued by an International Animal Rescue team and officials from the forestry department of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, on April 13.</p><p>Kotap had been kept for two years in the dark box, with only a plastic bottle and straw to amuse him, International Animal Rescue reported</a> on May 3.</p><p>At the age of four, orangutans in the wild are still with their mothers, learning the skills needed for life in the forest.</p><p>International Animal Rescue said Kotap would be taken to a rehabilitation center where he would be “given a chance of returning to the forest where he belongs.”</p><br />
