Orangutans returned to habitat<\/p>\n
DENAPASAR, Bali: A pair of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), Monic
\nand Robin, were flown back on Sunday to the Wanariset Semboja
\nrehabilitation center in East Kalimantan, which will release them
\ninto their native habitat in the island's jungle.<\/p>\n
The female orangutan, Monic, was seized by the Bali
\npolice and the Nature Conservation Agency at a private villa,
\nPuri Ayu, in the Sanur area on July 31.<\/p>\n
Along with Monic, the police also confiscated a number of
\nother protected animals, including two cockatoos (Cacatua
\ngalerita), a rare red parrot (Lorius lory) and two other birds
\nknown locally as Beo Nias (Gracula religiosa).<\/p>\n
The male orangutan, Robin, had earlier been seized at a
\nprivate house.<\/p>\n
Animals like orangutans and other species in zoological parks,
\nrehabilitation centers or other places are protected under the
\nlaw and automatically belong to the state. Trade in these animals
\nis banned.<\/p>\n
Wayan Wiradjana, coordinator of the Bali branch of Animal
\nConservation for Life (KSBK), said that over the last few years
\nBali had become a strategic transit center for the illegal trade
\nin a myriad of endangered and protected animals. --JP<\/p>",
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