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A heartrending photograph highlights the exploitation of a absorbed orangutang as it waits for a photo shoot with tourists after a show at a Bangkok zoo .
The image , titled " See No Evil , " was bring by photographerAaron Gekoskiand is the achiever of the2024 Environmental Photography Awardcompetition , which is ladder by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation .
The image “See No Evil” showing an orangutan waiting for tourists in Bangkok won the 2024 Environmental Photography Award competition.
Orangutansat Safari World Bangkok take part in everyday shows , where they dance in bikinis , ride bicycles and oppose one another , Gekoski tell in a statement email to live on Science . " After the show , they stoically wait for tourer to take photos with them , " he said .
Gekoski say his winning ikon highlight abuses within the wildlife touristry industriousness . " untested orangutans are charm in the natural state and their mothers are killed , " he said . " They are trained using cruel methods , let in physical ferocity and famishment . When they become too older , they are locked up in cages for the rest of their lives . "
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There are three orangutan coinage living today : Bornean ( Pongo pygmaeus ) , Sumatran ( Pongo abelii ) and Tapanuli ( Pongo tapanuliensis ) . All are critically endangered , according to theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature ’s Red List . They face multiple threat , including deforestation , poaching and the illegal preferred trade . Which coinage is in Gekoski ’s image is unknown .
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Gekoski ’s image was choose from more than 11,000 entries from 2,600 lensman .
" It captures one of the globe ’s most intelligent fauna species in a graphic typography that is emotionally excite to the point of obsession,“Alex Mustard , chair of the jury , said in the statement . " This picture will live long in the minds of all who see it . " .
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In addition to being opt as the overall winner , Gekoski ’s image won the Humanity versus Nature category of the rival . The runner - up wasAlvaro Herrero López - Beltrán ’s photograph of a humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) whose tail was deformed as a result of getting entangled in sportfishing gear off the coast of Mexico .
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