Indonesian orangutans in transit at airports, Jakarta - Kalimantan

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 22: A smuggled orangutan sits caged in Halim

Perdanakusumah Airport on November 22, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Forty six

smuggled orangutan from a Thai amusement park are to fly home to their native

Indonesia on Wednesday, after their homecoming in September was delayed by a

military coup in Bangkok. The trafficked animals, many of them forced to stage

mock kick-boxing bouts were confiscated from Bangkok's Safari World theme park

several years ago. DNA tests prove they had come from the island of Borneo in

Indonesia. After their short transit in Jakarta, they will fly to Nyaru Menteng

Orangutan Reintroduction Center in Central Kalimantan, Borneo.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 22: A smuggled orangutan sits caged in Halim

Perdanakusumah Airport on November 22, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 22: A smuggled orangutan sits caged in Halim

Perdanakusumah Airport on November 22, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 22: A smuggled orangutan sits caged in Halim

Perdanakusumah Airport on November 22, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 22: A smuggled orangutan sits caged in Halim

Perdanakusumah Airport on November 22, 2006, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian First Lady Kristiani Yudhoyono (C-L) is

accompanied by children holding toy orangutans as she arrives at the Halim

military airport to see off a military plane carrying 48 orangutans to

Kalimantan. Indonesian wildlife experts flew 48 smuggled orangutans for their

journey home, a day after they were brought back from Thailand. The apes were

originally set to return home in Indonesia in September, but their departure was

postponed because of the military coup in Thailand.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: An Indonesian wildlife expert feeds an orangutan on board a

military plane in Jakarta, 22 November 2006, before flying to Kalimantan.

Indonesian wildlife experts flew 48 smuggled orangutans for their journey to

home, a day after they were brought back from Thailand. The apes were originally

set to return home in Indonesia in September but their departure was postponed

because of the military coup in Thailand.

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA: An Indonesian wildlife expert feeds an orangutan on board a

military plane in Jakarta, 22 November 2006, before flying to Kalimantan.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Two Orangutans looks out

from a temporary cage in Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, on arrival

from Thailand.

 

Indonesian wildlife experts flew 48 smuggled orangutans for their journey home,

a day after they were brought back from Thailand. The apes were originally set

to return home in Indonesia in September, but their departure was postponed

because of the military coup in Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian students welcome Orangutans during their

arrival in Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: An Orangutan looks out from its temporary cage in

Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, after arrival from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian officials count Orangutan cages at the

airport in Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, during their arrival from

Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian official disinfectant Orangutan cages at the

airport in Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, during the arrival from

Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: An Orangutan looks out from its temporary cage in

Palangkaraya-Kalimantan 22 November 2006, during the arrival from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian officials unload the Orangutans after their

arrival in Kalimantan 22 November 2006, from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian officials unload the Orangutans after their

arrival in Kalimantan 22 November 2006, from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Indonesian officials unload the Orangutans after

arrival in Kalimantan 22 November 2006, from Thailand.

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Palangkaraya, INDONESIA: Central Kalimantan Governor, Agustin Teras Narang ©,

takes a look at Orangutans in a cage at the airport in Palangkaraya 22 November

2006, during their arrival home from Thailand.

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