JAKARTA: Indonesia can now add a smoking orangutan to its roster of nicotine addicts. A Bandung zoo spokesman on Wednesday said that while the incident was regrettable, it has staff to guard the animal enclosures. "Weak control by zoo management also needs to be addressed," said Marison Guciano, founder of the Indonesia Animal Welfare Society. "But the root of the problem is that we do not have animal welfare standards at zoos. Last year, activists demanded the closure of Bandung zoo after skeletal sun bears were pictured begging for food from visitors and eating their own dung.

Source: The Star March 08, 2018 00:45 UTC