New Delhi, Sept 18, 2026 (AFP) - Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking

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Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say. They warn of a growing multi-million-dollar trade in endangered animals, including apes smuggled through war-torn Myanmar to feed demand among wealthy Indians seeking exotic status symbols to flaunt on social media. "There have been several instances of exotic wild a......

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