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Jakarta to loan orangutans to Pyongyang

The Jakarta administration is set to loan a pair of orangutans from South Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo to its sister city, Pyongyang, North Korea

Dewanti A. Wardhani (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, April 23, 2015

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Jakarta to loan orangutans to Pyongyang

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he Jakarta administration is set to loan a pair of orangutans from South Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo to its sister city, Pyongyang, North Korea.

Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said during a recent meeting that Pyongyang had asked the city administration to borrow a pair of Orangutans to breed in their local zoo.

"Delegates from North Korea asked me for orangutans. We will loan them a pair. Once the orangutans give birth and their babies are old enough to survive by themselves, Pyongyang will return the orangutans to us, and breed the babies themselves," he said. (++++)

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