nfluenced by a popular television program 20 years ago, many people started wanting to own orangutans. Most of them were smuggled into Taiwan, later abandoned by the owners, and then given to the zoo. Now, to educate the children at an early age, activities have been arranged at the zoo in Hsinchu to teach the little ones about wildlife conservation.

These innocent eyes belong to an orangutan named Baby which was abandoned by its owner in in 2003, and later being sent to the Hsinchu Municipal Zoo.

Although it is no longer kept in a small cage, it is still not happy, as this is not its home.

The Hsinchu Zoo has two such orangutans that were smuggled to Taiwan and abandoned by people.

They lived in the tropical rain forest of Indonesia as they left the jungle and have this limited space.

Now Baby shakes her head as part of her behavior, as the zoo tries to improve the situation with hammocks and toys, and also looking for partner to help increase interaction.

As required by the government of Indonesia, once orangutans are 8 years-old, they cannot be sent back to Indonesia, so they must continue to stay in Taiwan.

In order to enable children to better understand these animals that were forced to come to Taiwan, the zoo took advantage of the weekend to host an activity and storytelling.

This let's the children know more about the endangered species, hoping the concept of wildlife conservation will take root.

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