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Discovered in a cardboard box after being left in the sun to die, a baby orangutan is fighting for his life following rescue by an international non-profit organisation.
International Animal Resue posted images to Facebook of the baby ape, named Gito, found in Borneo, Indonesia, with his arms "folded corpse-like across his tiny body... he looked almost mummified in his cardboard coffin".
![Gito is suffering from a highly contagious skin infection. Photo / Facebook](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TE77IA5QDQV72QSI4XVG7RAM2Q.jpg?auth=246f75dd435d1a6f9c303a4d4921970d48b15cc8b8dbacbe320d9d79ec54db06&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The rescue team reported on their website that Gito's condition is one of the worst cases of neglect they have ever seen.