Orangutan Shot With 74 Air Rifle Bullets Rescued but Left Blind

A volunteer orthopedic surgeon performs surgery on a female orangutan named Hope on March 17, 2019. Binsar Bakkaraoto/AP Photo

An orangutan found with 74 air rifle bullets in her body is on the slow road to recovery thanks to a Swiss bone surgeon and her rescuers—but she will never see again.

Villagers spotted the 30-year-old severely injured ape under a jackfruit tree on a farm in Sumatra, Indonesia, according to local reports, together with her month-old baby.