A male orangutan weighs 250 lbs. Although the apes are trained to pretend to be knocked out, they could easily hurt one another in the boxing ring. They could also hurt, or even kill, a human trainer. We’ve already seen this movie, both at Seaworld and at the Circus, we should know how it ends: a captive wild animal will eventually kill a human trainer.

The Thai government was right to ban this bizarre animal cruelty six years ago. It isn’t clear why the ban was lifted.

The Safari World website advertises the orangutan boxing: “Your closest cousins will tickle you with their keen sense of humor and dazzle you with their mathematical gifts.” I’m not sure what mathematical gifts Safari World believes orangutan boxing exhibits, but abusing our endangered “closest cousins” definitely doesn’t add up.

Tell the Thai government to permanently ban orangutan boxing.

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