An officer holds an 18 month-old orangutan after it was confiscated from an illegal owner in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 24, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatra island are facing severe threats from habitat loss, illegal logging, fires and poaching. Conservationists predicted that without immediate action, orangutans are likely to be the first great ape to become extinct in the wild. (Photo by Binsar Bakkara/Associated Press)
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