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Orangutan Rusti Gets Funding For New Home

POSTED: 4:18 pm HST September 20, 2004
UPDATED: 5:02 pm HST September 20, 2004

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The Honolulu Zoo's orangutan, Rusti, has received some much-needed money for his new home.

The Big Island's Chelsey Foundation donated $100,000 to build a new enclosure for the primate.

"To make sure that we have a better environment and a better home for Rusti. We're really, really pleased today," city Managing Director Ben Lee said.

Last month, the Honolulu City Council approved construction of a new habitat for Rusti, making him a permanent resident of the zoo.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for Nov. 1. The new enclosure is expected to be completed by the beginning of next summer.

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