No smoke without ire: Orangutan puffs on a cigarette thrown into its enclosure at a notorious zoo in Indonesia, renewing calls for the animal park to be closed

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A video showing an orangutan smoking a cigarette in a zoo in Indonesia has prompted condemnation from animal rights activists.

The clip shows Ozon the orangutan picking up a cigarette butt that was flicked into its zoo enclosure by a visitor and then puffing away on it like a pro.

The images of the 22-year-old Bornean orangutan at the zoo in Bandung, about 93 miles southeast of Jakarta, promptly went viral.

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I wanna be like you: Ozon the orangutan is seen smoking a cigarette in his zoo enclosure in Bandung, Indonesia

A Bandung zoo spokesman on Wednesday said that while the incident was regrettable, it has staff to guard the animal enclosures.

But the officer responsible may have been in the bathroom at the time, he added.

'There's actually a sign at the location which says visitors are not allowed to give food and cigarettes to the animals,' said spokesman Sulhan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

Bandung Zoo has repeatedly made headlines for starving and sick animals, and a change.org petition calling for Bandung Zoo to be closed has nearly 1 million signatures.

Animal activists condemned the visitor's actions, and said it underlined the poor state of Indonesia's zoos.

Monkey business: Ozon the orangutan had picked up a cigarette butt that was flicked into his enclosure by a zoo visitor

'Weak control by zoo management also needs to be addressed,' said Marison Guciano, founder of the Indonesia Animal Welfare Society.

'But the root of the problem is that we do not have animal welfare standards at zoos. Almost all zoos are in poor condition... from the cages and feeding needs to the animals' health.'

Last year, activists demanded the closure of Bandung zoo after skeletal sun bears were pictured begging for food from visitors and eating their own dung.

Ozon not the first that a zoo orangutan has been caught sneaking a smoke in Indonesia, which has an abysmal record of animal protection and one of the world's highest smoking rates.

In 2002, another orangutan in Indonesia became a nicotine addict after picking up butts thrown by visitors.

Toria at  Taru Jurug Zoo in the central Javanese city of Solo, had to be isolated in order to get her to kick the habit, and she finally stopped in 2012.