Published on: Friday, December 18, 2020
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Sumatran orangutan sits in a cage before being repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia after having been smuggled into the kingdom, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
BANGKOK: Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok airport on Thursday before flying home to Indonesia, years after being smuggled into Thailand.
Poachers in Southeast Asia frequently capture the critically endangered orangutans to sell as pets, and police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business.
Wildlife traffickers tried to smuggle the two in via Malaysia in June 2017, but they were intercepted at the border – along with 39 Hamilton tortoises, 12 Indian turtles and six raccoons – after police received a tip-off about the vehicle they were in.
Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand
Police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business H. J. I./AFP
17.12.2020
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Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand
Two Sumatran orangutans flew home from Thailand years after being captured and smuggled into the country
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Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok airport on Thursday before flying home to Indonesia, years after being smuggled into Thailand.
Poachers in Southeast Asia frequently capture the critically endangered orangutans to sell as pets, and police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business.
BANGKOK, THAILAND Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok airport on Thursday before flying home to Indonesia, years after being smuggled into Thailand. Poachers in Southeast Asia frequently capture the critically endangered orangutans to sell as pets, and police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business. Wildlife traffickers tried to smuggle the two in via Malaysia in June 2017, but they were intercepted at the border along with 39 Hamilton tortoises, 12 Indian turtles and six raccoons after police received a tip-off about the vehicle they were in.
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A Sumatran orangutan sits in a cage before being repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia after having been smuggled into the kingdom, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok December 17, 2020. AFP pic
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BANGKOK, Dec 17 Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok airport today before flying home to Indonesia, years after being smuggled into Thailand.
Poachers in South-east Asia frequently capture the critically endangered orangutans to sell as pets, and police said four-year-olds Ung Aing and Natalee were supposed to be sold to a tourism business.