Two Greenpeace activists mimicking Orang-utans are transferred in a cage onto the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, at Klong Toey port in Bangkok. The mock transfer underlines the need to return Orang-utans being held in captivity in Thailand to the wild. The event was organised by Greenpeace Southeast Asia during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is being held in Bangkok.
13 October 2004
Bangkok Thailand

Two Greenpeace activists mimicking Orang-utans are transferred in a cage onto the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, at Klong Toey port in Bangkok. The mock transfer underlines the need to return Orang-utans being held in captivity in Thailand to the wild. The event was organised by Greenpeace Southeast Asia during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is being held in Bangkok.

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