Conservation or exploitation?

Baby orangutans wear nappies, sleep in cots and are looked after by uniformed nurses at Orangutan Island in Malaysia's north. The centre claims to be fighting to preserve the endangered primates but environmentalists say the wild animals are being...

Baby orangutans wear nappies, sleep in cots and are looked after by uniformed nurses at Orangutan Island in Malaysia's north.

The centre claims to be fighting to preserve the endangered primates but environmentalists say the wild animals are being exploited just to make money from tourists.

AFPTV reports.

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