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Rachael, a 41-year-old Sumatran Orangutan holds her new-born ...

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:50:16 +0200
(AFP) - Rachael, a 41-year-old Sumatran Orangutan holds her new-born baby at the Ramat Gan Safari park near Tel Aviv on August 12. An Israeli zoo welcomed its first baby orang-utan in 10 years after a 42-year-old male passed on two young arrivals from Europe to mate with a female his own age, zookeepers said on Thursday.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)

A couple of illegally smuggled orangutans hug each other inside ...

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Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:30:13 +0100
(AFP/File) - A couple of illegally smuggled orangutans hug each other inside a cage at the Khao Pratap Chang wildlife reserve near Bangkok. Illegal wildlife traders are turning to the Internet to reach a wider customer base, circumvent laws and evade authorities, an animal rights activist told a conference on Sunday.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

An elderly orangutan eats a coconut at a Malaysian orangutan ...

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:20:09 +0100
(AFP/File) - An elderly orangutan eats a coconut at a Malaysian orangutan sanctuary in Bukit Merah lake town in the northern Malaysian state of Perak. The world has less than 20 years left to save the orangutan, according to conservationists who predict the charismatic red ape will become extinct if no action is taken to protect its jungle habitat.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

Matra, the 33-years-old orangutan female, and the little 15 ...

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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:50:03 +0100
(Reuters) - Matra, the 33-years-old orangutan female, and the little 15 weeks old Jolie play in their interior enclosure in Munich's zoo Hellabrunn October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

An orangutan makes its way across a rope at the Sepilok Orangutan ...

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:00:04 +0100
(AP) - An orangutan makes its way across a rope at the Sepilok Orangutan Reserve near Sandakan, in East Malaysia Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. The center was started in 1964 for rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned baby orangutans from logging sites, plantations, and illegal hunting. The orphaned orangutans are trained to survive again in the wild and are released as soon as ready. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)