A routine police check of a Malaysian citizen’s vehicle travelling in the southern Thai border town of Hat Yai revealed two illegally transported passengers: a pair baby orangutans. Also in the car with the man were scores of turtles, which had been wrapped tightly in plastic tape so they could…

First came a report. Now comes a new case that confirms it. The report: According to a study by the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), an alliance of numerous NGOs and governments, thousands of great apes, including orangutans, have been trafficked over the past years. Since 2005, 1,800 of them have been…

Some reports are like daggers to the heart. A case in point is a new report that notes that the illegal trade in great apes, including Borneo’s orangutans, has been much worse than previously assumed. According to the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), an alliance of more than a hundred…