How could he? Sick visitor throws cigarette to an ape

TAKING a drag on a cigarette thrown into its enclosure, this orangutan made the crowds laugh. Animal welfare campaigners, however, are heartbroken.

They said footage of Ozon the ape smoking is further evidence of a ‘lack of supervision’ at Bandung Zoo in Indonesia. In the video taken on Sunday, a visitor can be seen flicking a lit cigarette into the primate’s enclosure.

It’s picked up by the 22-year-old ape, who puffs on it to giggles from visitors. Bandung Zoo was temporarily closed in 2016 after an elephant that died was found to have bruises on its body.

The zoo said the cigarette incident had been reported to police.

Sorry sight: Orangutan Ozon sits down to smoke the lit cigarette

Twisted: A woman grins as the cigarette is flicked into the enclosure