Orangutans come home

Orangutans come home

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Twelve orangutans which were
illegally smuggled to Taiwan were returned to the Samboja Forest
Research and Development Center in their natural environment.

The endangered apes were brought back in successive groups as
the cages were too big to be accommodated in the passenger cabin.

The research and development center, which works with the
socialization of the ape, received orangutans last year from
animal lovers in Taiwan.

Socialization activities, which are supported by the World
Wide Fund for Nature, are meant to preserve the animal. As of
last month, 80 orangutans of all ages were still living at the
center.

Some 40 of them have been released into the Sungai Wain
natural forest and 14 more are ready to follow.(pwn)