Posted on 03/13/2017 9:30:41 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
Orangutans are dressed up and made to box each other to entertain visitors at a Thai zoo leading to animal rights activists demanding it is shut down
A zoo in Thailand is profiting from 'orangutan boxing' where apes appear to fight for the amusement of locals and tourists.
The supposed good-natured show - which takes place at Safari World in Bangkok - has been criticised by animal rights activists who say it should be shut down.
One tourist who saw the display condemned the zoo for exploiting the incredibly intelligent primates.
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lol
they weren’t boxing, they were performing a routine like in a circus.
Big Whoop.
If they put two males Orangs together there would be a fight to the death.
Hasn’t Don King been doing the same thing for years?
Pretty funny. I don’t see a problem aside from the noise and confusion.
I’m sure they were fed well for their trouble.
was gonna say.....shouldn’t Clint Eastwood be getting a cut of this action?
This show has been going on for decades.
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