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Zookeepers want orangutan to quit smoking

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Jakarta, Indonesia (FOX) - Zookeepers in Indonesia want to force an orangutan that's been smoking for years to quit "cold turkey."

They say they're moving Tori away from the zoo's viewing areas because they're having trouble preventing visitors from tossing her cigarettes.

The situation has become bad enough they worry the activity puts four other endangered orangutans at the zoo in danger.

Zookeepers will conduct tests on Tori tomorrow to determine how much smoking has affected her health.

They plan to find her a new home on a small island away from the public.

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