Apes to arrive after New Year<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Ragunan Zoo is hoping to welcome the long-awaited
\ngorillas, to be lent by a park in the U.K., after the New Year.<\/p>\n
The zoo's operational director Allen Marbun said he did not
\nknow exactly when the four gorillas would arrive even though the
\nzoo management had prepared everything, including enclosures for
\nthe apes.<\/p>\n
Marbun said he could not contact the Gibbon foundation, which
\nis arranging the lending of the giant apes, as the local
\ndirector, Willie Smits, was away in Europe.<\/p>\n
\"Pak Willie is still in Europe, probably taking care of the
\ngorillas,\" Marbun said.<\/p>\n
The low-land African gorillas are to be lent by U.K.-based
\nHowletts and Port Lympne Animal Park.<\/p>\n
All the male gorillas were initially scheduled to arrive in
\nJakarta in early September, but this was delayed several times
\ndue to various reasons including security concerns after the
\nSept. 11 terror attacks in the U.S., and controversy over the Rp
\n3.2 billion that had been allocated by the city administration to
\nannually feed and maintain the animals. The gibbon foundation had
\nlater stated that it would pay for the meals. -- JP<\/p>",
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