Thailand returns three smuggled orangutans to Indonesia, Samut Prakan - 21 Dec 2023
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Patcharawat Wongsuwan feeds an orangutan during the repatriation ceremony of confiscated smuggled orangutans from Thailand to Indonesia, at the cargo area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 21 December 2023. Thailand returned three orangutans that were rescued after being smuggled from Indonesia as part of the country's wildlife trafficking combat initiative under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) as well as aimed to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.