Orangutan nearly drowns after zoo visitor throws food into pool

A video still shows an orangutan struggling in the water (L) while another watches at the Safari Phu Quoc in Kien Giang, June 24, 2022. Footage retrieved from Facebook

An orangutan at a Phu Quoc zoo nearly drowned trying to get food thrown by a visitor into a pool in its enclosure.

Video footage shared on social media showed the orangutan struggling in the water before sinking below the surface at the Safari Phu Quoc in the southern island on June 24.

A zoo employee threw in a life buoy before jumping into the pool himself to save the orangutan. He managed to bring it ashore and performed chest presses as first-aid.

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