BANGKOK: Police have found dozens of rare orangutans that a scandal-hit private zoo claimed had been cremated after dying from pneumonia, according to reports yesterday.
The 36 animals were found alive in small cages at the Safari World here during a police probe into claims they had been smuggled from Borneo or Sumatra for staged kickboxing bouts at the zoo.
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