One the the two four-year-old female orangutans in her cage at Suvarnabhumi airport, ready to be sent back to Indonesia, on Thursday. The two long armed primates were seized
as they were smuggled into Thailand via Songkhla in June 2017. (Photo supplied)
Two orangutans were sent back to Indonesia on Thursday, three years after they were smuggled into Thailand.
Prakit Wongsriwattanakul deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, passed the two female orangutans, both aged 4 years, over to Indonesian charge d’affaires Dicky Komar.
The handover marked 70 years of bilateral ties between Thailand and Indonesia, the DNP announcement said.
The primates, Ung Ing and Nathalie, were seized as they were being smuggled into Thailand through the customs checkpoint in…
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