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進入中英對照讀新聞》Thai man arrested for smuggling baby orangutans泰國男子因走私紅毛猩猩寶寶被捕
泰警破獲猩猩走私案。（法新社檔案照）
◎孫宇青
Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network.
泰國警方表示，他們逮捕1名涉嫌將2隻小紅毛猩猩走私到泰國的男子，此案與國際野生動物販運網絡有關。
The 47-year-old suspect was detained at a petrol station in a residential district of Bangkok while preparing to hand over the animals to a customer.
這名47歲嫌犯在曼谷1個住宅區的加油站被捕，當時他正準備將猩猩交給1名顧客。
Two infant orangutans － one about a year old, the other just one month － were found in a plastic basket wearing diapers, with a feeding bottle beside them, according to photos released by police.
根據警方公布的照片，分別約1歲及僅1個月大的2隻猩猩寶寶，被發現躺在1個塑膠籃子裡，身上穿著尿布，身旁放著1個奶瓶。
The apes were believed to have been sold for around 300,000 baht each.
據信這些猩猩的售價每隻約30萬泰銖（約29萬台幣）。
Thailand is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers, who often sell highly prized endangered creatures on the lucrative black market in China, Vietnam and Taiwan.（AFP）
泰國是野生動物走私者的主要中繼站，他們經常將珍貴的瀕危生物賣到中國、越南和台灣利潤豐厚的黑市。（法新社）
新聞辭典
transit：名詞，運輸。例句：Your luggauge is in transit, sir.（先生，您的行李正在運輸中。）
lucrative：形容詞，盈利的、有利可圖的。例句：Everyone wants to do lucrative businesses.（人人都想做賺錢的生意。）
