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Baby orangutans in India expose illegal wildlife trade as experts question a billionaire’s zoo

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces. The three males and two females, aged six to eight months — were left on a plantation in eastern India’s Odisha, o…

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Baby orangutans in India expose illegal wildlife trade as experts question a billionaire’s zoo (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces. The three males and two females, aged six to eight months — were left on a plantation in eastern India’s Odisha, o…

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Baby orangutans in India expose illegal wildlife trade burgeoning in the country (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The discovery of five baby orangutans abandoned on a plantation in eastern India is highlighting the country’s growing role as a destination for trafficked apes

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