Don’t feed the orangutans — a warning unheeded at popular ecotourism stop

Mongabay
Nov 21, 2016, 5:40 am128 pts
About a dozen foreign tourists clamored around an orangutan and her young child. “Can I take a photo with her?” a tanktop-clad backpacker asked. “Of course,” a local guide said. In the orangutan’s hands was a plastic wrapper: snacks traded for the selfies. I was on the second day of a three-day trek…

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