Thailand will repatriate next week the last three orangutans, smuggled into the country from Indonesia, a senior official from the National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Department said today.

 

“We will send the latest group, comprising Nobita and Shizuka, both aged 7, and Brian, aged 4, back to Indonesia next Thursday,” said the department’s director-general, Narin Prathuanchai.

 

The department took custody of the great apes in 2019 and kept them at Khao Zon Wildlife Breeding Station in Ratchaburi province, according to Narin.

 

Caption: File photo : The photo taken in 2017 shows two orangutans that were smuggled into Thailand from Indonesia.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-12

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe

The one in pink looks like one of the neigbours latest off-spring.

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The one in pink looks like one of the neigbours latest off-spring.

Does it call you Papa? 

Sending the brains trust back