Nearly 50 smuggled orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park began the long trip home to their native Indonesia on Tuesday as one of the world's largest cases of great ape trafficking finally drew to a close. (Also in MSNBC)Recent press: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK244225.htm
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Orangutans Displaced, Killed by Indonesian Forest Fires Intentionally lit forest fires on the island of Borneo are killing Southeast Asia's endangered orangutans, conservationists warn. (See Indonesia map.) The fires are lit annually to clear land for oil palm plantations and agricultural fields. Many of the blazes quickly rage out of control. The orangutans are forced to flee the forests and often end up on nearby plantations, where they are beaten and sometimes killed as pests, according to Michael Booth, a spokesperson with the ...
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