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On this Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, file photograph, Cola, 10-year-old feminine orangutan waits in a cage to be despatched again to Indonesia at a Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Wildlife authorities in Thailand repatriated two orangutans, Cola and 7-year-old Big, to their native habitats in Indonesia in a collaborative effort to fight the illicit wildlife commerce. Cola was born in a breeding heart from two smuggled orangutans which have been despatched again to Indonesia a number of years in the past, in accordance with the Division of Nationwide Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. (AP Picture/Sakchai Lalit, File)