Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking

Baby orangutans in India expose scale of trafficking

Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a “massive” exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts said.They warn of a growing multimillion dollar trade in endangered animals, including apes smuggled through war-torn Myan

Five orangutans found in India face long road back home to Indonesia

ACEH, Indonesia — The five infant orangutans found roaming a woodland in India’s Odisha state earlier this month may have been trafficked across several international borders — and now face a long journey home through the different legal and bureaucratic systems of India and Indonesia, conservationists say. “This starts with hunting in the wild, separating […]

Baby orang utans in India expose ‘frightening’ scale of trafficking

The situation is exacerbated by wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking

They warn of a growing multi-million-dollar trade in endangered animals, including apes smuggled through war-torn Myanmar to feed demand among wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media. "There have been several instances of exotic wild animals being found or seized across the country, said Sumanth Bindumadhav of Humane World for Animals India. "The scale is massive." Critically endangered orangutans are native only …