Orang-utan protects baby from gang

A pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her baby as a gang of bounty hunters surround the pair, hoping to cash in on a palm plantation's reward to get rid of the animals.

Luckily for the orang-utans, an international animal rescue group arrived in time to stop the slaughter in Borneo.

The mother and daughter were captured by members of the Four Paws group and taken to a remote and safe area of the rainforest, away from people trying to kill them for cash.

"Our arrival could not have been more timely," said Dr Signe Preuschoft, a Four Paws primate expert.