ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2022 Submission

BamBam was born at a breeder’s facility in Florida. After being taken from his mother as an infant he was sold to a California trainer for work in entertainment. At the age of six after several seasons working on a soap opera BamBam became too strong to be worked safely and was ready for retirement. He was relinquished to the Center for Great Apes sanctuary in 2005 where he is allowed to live as an orangutan free from harm.