Orang Utans in Exile: A Wake Up Call for Global Wildlife Trafficking The discovery of five baby orang utans motherless in India has sent shockwaves through conservation circles.
The suspected trafficking case has sparked a critical debate about repatriation versus rehabilitation in foreign zoos, with Indonesia seeking to bring back its critically endangered primates.
Wildlife trafficking knows no borders. Orang utans are native only to Indonesia's Sumatra island and Borneo, yet they have somehow ended up in India.