So sad: Orang-Utan drowned in zoo today

[Ginger's Mom]

Not sure I understand completely. They have some sort of trench in the orangutan enclosures and the orangutans are drowning in them. Is it possible to not have them so deep that they drown? Sometimes you cannot control the behavior of large crowds of people and that is sad, but if there is something within the enclosure that is causing harm to the orangutans maybe it can be redesigned.

[Kirsten]

As far as I know, they are trying to find another solution now to make the trenches safer for the animals.

Here are some articles in English:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/

http://www.nationalledger.com

http://ap.google.com

Kirsten