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SHIRLEY the orangutan is going cold turkey after Malaysian wildlife officials banned her from smok ing cigarettes.
Shirley was rescued by the authorities who thought she was living in unacceptable conditions at a state-run zoo last week.
She would sit in her enclosure puffing away on cigarettes thrown to her by visitors in Johor state.
A host of other animals were also seized.
Video: Smok ing orangutan to quit
No butts, Malaysian ape Shirley told she must cut out the cigarettes
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Melaka Zoo Director Ahmad Azhar Mohammed said that Shirley is not being provided with any more cigarettes because "smok ing is not normal behaviour for orangutans".
He added: "I would say she is not addicted but she might have formed a habit after mimicking human beings who were smok ing around her."
British-based activist group Nature Alert wrote to Malaysian officials earlier this year expressing concern that she appeared to suffer severe mood swings and withdrawal symptoms when she had run out of smokes.
Shirley has been quarantined at another zoo and is not showing signs of depression so far. She will be moved to a wildlife centre in Borneo within weeks.
Last week a baby elephant and a tiger kept chained at the same zoo were liberated.
src: thesun.co.uk
Shirley was rescued by the authorities who thought she was living in unacceptable conditions at a state-run zoo last week.
She would sit in her enclosure puffing away on cigarettes thrown to her by visitors in Johor state.
A host of other animals were also seized.
Video: Smok ing orangutan to quit
No butts, Malaysian ape Shirley told she must cut out the cigarettes
News
Melaka Zoo Director Ahmad Azhar Mohammed said that Shirley is not being provided with any more cigarettes because "smok ing is not normal behaviour for orangutans".
He added: "I would say she is not addicted but she might have formed a habit after mimicking human beings who were smok ing around her."
British-based activist group Nature Alert wrote to Malaysian officials earlier this year expressing concern that she appeared to suffer severe mood swings and withdrawal symptoms when she had run out of smokes.
Shirley has been quarantined at another zoo and is not showing signs of depression so far. She will be moved to a wildlife centre in Borneo within weeks.
Last week a baby elephant and a tiger kept chained at the same zoo were liberated.
src: thesun.co.uk
