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Tori, Smoking Orangutan, Moved In Indonesian Zoo To Quit Cigarettes (PHOTOS)

Tori Smoking Orangutan

07/26/12 11:47 AM ET  AP

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan out of visitors' sight so she'll no longer smoke lit cigarettes people regularly throw into her cage.

Taru Jurug Zoo spokesman Daniek Hendarto said Thursday that Tori and her male companion, Didik, were moved Wednesday to a small island within the zoo. There are four endangered orangutans at the zoo in the Central Java town of Solo.

The 15-year-old Tori has been smoking for a decade. She mimics humans by holding cigarettes casually between her fingers while visitors watch and photograph her puffing away and flicking ashes on the ground.

Hendarto said recent medical tests show the four primates are in good condition. The two other orangutans will be moved later to another island.

 
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05:20 AM on 08/02/2012
Is that not PC out off control or what...They got these poor animals in prison, for crying out lowed!, and the only little pleasure the suffering female has is a smoke ? Does anybody seriously believe this animal is going to get lung cancer...if you do you are fooled.........
Utter rubbish........
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01:52 PM on 07/30/2012
That gives me a great idea of what to do when bored. Go to the smoking area of a big company, and throw lit cigarettes to the smokers inside. Then record and post to YouTube.