Odisha Orangutan Rescue Highlights Rising Exotic Primate Smuggling Network In India
The discovery of five baby orangutans, native to Indonesia, in an Odisha forest earlier this week is not an isolated incident, but another indication of the huge demand for exotic apes and monkeys in India’s pet trade. Information obtained through the Right to Information Act (RTI) shows that Customs officials at Mumbai and Bengaluru airports seized at least 30 gibbons, tamarins, marmosets and…
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