(Animal Protection/Cruelty) Flak for Orangutan Kickboxing

SHORT VIDEO CLIPS, 14 Jun 2010

Laura Kyle – Al Jazeera

In Thailand, where kickboxing is a popular spectator sport, an unusual show pitting orangutans against each other, has drawn criticism from animal rights activists.

Organisers say what they are doing is legal but activists blame lax laws – which police admit to – for that situation.

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