Thursday, June 14, 2007

US zoo donates to Orang-Utan project in Sukau


Kota Kinabatangan: The Woodland Park Zoo in the United States will donate US$8,500 (RM28,840) to an Orang Utan conservation project here in honour of an elephant which died at its zoo in Seattle last week.

The zoo's conservation director, Lisa Dabek, would come to Sabah soon to present the cheque for the amount to the Kinabatangan Orang Utan Conservation Project (KOCP) in Sukau, the Seattle Times said in its on-line report.

When contacted, Dr Marc Ancrenaz of KOCP confirmed that representatives from the Woodland Park Zoo would visit Sukau next month.

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