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Posted: Wednesday, May 19th, 2004 11:51 AM HST
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Rusti to get new digs at Honolulu Zoo
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(Honolulu-AP) -- Rusti the orangutan is expected to get a permanent home at the Honolulu Zoo.
The Honolulu City Council Parks Committee has agreed to accept a gift from a private foundation to build a new, more spacious habitat at the zoo for the 26-year-old male orangutan.
The agreement amends terms and conditions that had hampered previous efforts. The committee's recommendation goes to the full Council next month.
Rusti was brought to Honolulu in 1997 after the Orangutan Foundation International helped to remove him from what it considered substandard conditions at a New Jersey zoo. Rusti has lived in a cage at the Honolulu Zoo for the past seven years while plans for a permanent sanctuary were debated.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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