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"One of the world's worst cases of great ape smuggling will draw to a close next week when about 50 orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park fly home to their native Indonesia. The animals, many of which were forced to stage mock kick-boxing bouts at the Safari World theme park in Bangkok, will be greeted on their return by Susilo Bambang Yudh

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savetheorangutan
Dec. 9, 2007, 7:01 a.m.
These orangutans are now enjoying life back in the forest at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation's Nyaru Menteng Project.
Please help orangutans. Support the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation at www.savetheorangutan.co.uk or its partner in USA, Orangutan Outreach at www.redapes.org.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world, with nearly 1000 orangutans in its care. BOS is the only organisation actively rescuing wild orangutans from oil-palm plantations, as well as rehabilitating orphaned orangutans, displaced as a result of the relentless devastation of their habitat to clear land for palm oil production. BOS is committed to protecting the orangutan and its rainforest habitat, and relies entirely on donations to achieve this.

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