Orangutans Wiped Out
September 13th 2006 07:26
Orangutans in Borneo are being treated as less the sacred and beautiful beings they are and more like an inconvenience. Even worse than that they are often tortured and killed. The most stomach turning thing to come out of this dire situation is the account of a female Orangutan tied to a bed and repeatedly raped by dozens of men - how can people do this?
Please read on:
The orangutans' rainforest is disappearing at an overwhelming rate with the remaining forest being degraded by drought and forest fires.
Extinction in the wild is likely to be 2010 for Sumatran Orangutans and 2015 for Bornean Orangutans. We need to recognise the massive amount of suffering being inflicted on a species that is 97% genetically identical to humans.
Orangutans are highly intelligent animals. Their intelligence is comparable to that of a five or six year old child.Surely these self-aware animals deserve the right to live and to be free from torture and exploitation?
Protecting the orangutan also protects the surrounding ecosystem and myriad of endangered and exotic species. Saving the orangutan saves the forest.
None of us want to have to tell our children or grandchildren that we were around for the last decade of the Orangutans but we weren't quite able to get our act together to save them.
The Australian Orangutan Project supports many orangutan conservation organizations. AOP is a non profit organisation staffed by volunteers to raise funds and collect donations for Orangutan Conservation and habitat protection. Other than one part-time administrator, there are no salaries paid to AOP volunteers and most services are donated. Therefore a very high percentage of your donations go straight to organisations involved in the active welfare of Orangutans and on habitat protection.
- Taken from the Australian Orangutan Project Website.
Click Here to be taken to The Australian Orangutan Project Web Site
Please read on:
The orangutans' rainforest is disappearing at an overwhelming rate with the remaining forest being degraded by drought and forest fires.
Extinction in the wild is likely to be 2010 for Sumatran Orangutans and 2015 for Bornean Orangutans. We need to recognise the massive amount of suffering being inflicted on a species that is 97% genetically identical to humans.
Orangutans are highly intelligent animals. Their intelligence is comparable to that of a five or six year old child.Surely these self-aware animals deserve the right to live and to be free from torture and exploitation?
Protecting the orangutan also protects the surrounding ecosystem and myriad of endangered and exotic species. Saving the orangutan saves the forest.
None of us want to have to tell our children or grandchildren that we were around for the last decade of the Orangutans but we weren't quite able to get our act together to save them.
The Australian Orangutan Project supports many orangutan conservation organizations. AOP is a non profit organisation staffed by volunteers to raise funds and collect donations for Orangutan Conservation and habitat protection. Other than one part-time administrator, there are no salaries paid to AOP volunteers and most services are donated. Therefore a very high percentage of your donations go straight to organisations involved in the active welfare of Orangutans and on habitat protection.
- Taken from the Australian Orangutan Project Website.
Click Here to be taken to The Australian Orangutan Project Web Site
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