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Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking

NEW DELHI: 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.

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印度幼年猩猩暴露了令人震惊的人口贩卖规模

The five tiny orangutans were found by rangers in Balasore, in India's eastern Odisha state. - Photo: Handout

NEW DELHI: 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.

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