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Discovery of baby orangutans in India exposes booming illegal pet trade
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 26 Oct 2026, 07:06 UTC. The headline in use is “Discovery of baby orangutans in India exposes booming illegal pet trade”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces. The three males and two females, aged six to eight months – were left on a plantation in eastern India’s Odisha, over 2,700km…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Discovery of baby orangutans in India exposes booming illegal pet trade
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