Orangutans are back home again
From Times Wire Reports
Forty-eight orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park were returned to Indonesia and will soon be released into a jungle reserve on Borneo island, officials said.
The animals -- which were forced to perform in daily boxing matches in Thailand before being confiscated in August 2004 -- were flown to the capital, Jakarta, on an Indonesian military transport plane.
They were seized from the private Safari World zoo near Bangkok and have been kept in a wildlife breeding center.
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