Palm oil firms said to be offering $130 for each orangutan killed in Borneo.Mom & daughter orangutan

[snagglepuss]

saved at the last minute. by Brit-based animal rescue group. Ever since the danger of transfat became an issue, palm oil plantation companies have been wiping out orangutans. Even though palm oil isn't a transfat, it is not a healthy alternative. Companies use it because its a cheap alternative.


Pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her daughter as ruthless Borneo bounty hunters move in for the kill

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'Our arrival could not have been more timely,' said Dr Signe Preuschoft, a Four Paws primate expert.

'A few minutes later and the orang-utans could have been dead.

'We discovered a gang of young men surrounding them and both victims were clearly petrified.

'The gang meanwhile were jubilant in anticipation of their rewards for catching and killing the animals. These massacres must not be allowed to continue.'



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html#ixzz1kgsd7sqY

[Kadie]

1. I can't finish reading that story...

I can't stop crying!

[Uncle Joe]

7. It is heartbreaking.

"Rescue: When the animal rescue group found the 'clearly petrified' mother and baby they discovered a gang of young men who were looking to cash in on the palm oil companies' offer of £70 per orang-utan."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html#ixzz1kgyb8Okx

[sulphurdunn]

2. Anyone who kills

an orangutan or other ape should be charged with murder.

[RebelOne]

3. As a vegetarian. I say anyone who kills any animal should be charged with murder,

not just orangutan or apes.

[surfdog]

6. I agree

Not to defend these sick monsters but at least they're not hunting them for fun hunters to kill animals for fun are fucking disgusting monsters

[tabatha]

4. Depressing.

Jane Goodall wrote a book "Hope for Animals and their World: How Endangered Species are being rescued from the Brink" which included stories about all the things people were doing to help save animals close to extinction - it was quite a hopeful book. Now, we have people hell bent on making a profit neutralizing those efforts.

[get the red out]

5. My God

I am starting to feel like humanity is what should go extinct.

[montanto]

8. I just talked to one of the zookeepers at L.A. zoo about this last weekend.

We went to see that baby, but it wasn't out for the day yet. He said that over half the population of Orang-utans had been wiped out in the last decade. Terrible stuff.

[MoonRiver]

9. G-D bastards!

Somebody should put out a bounty on their worthless hides.

[tallahasseedem]

10. This sent shivers down my spine...

These people are angels for rescuing them. I will be looking in to their organization and make a donation for their noble efforts!

[OranicManic]

11. Borneo is a corporate island

I remember back in 2000 looking at Borneo (after working on Rainforest Issues) and from satellite, the bottom part of the country was turned into Mango farms, in like 7 years. Really depressing. Sounds like the Owl issues in the Pacific NorthWest. Kill em off, and get the territory.

[GoCubsGo]

12. I'll be checking the ingredient lists of anything I buy more closely.

If palm oil is on the list, it will stay on the shelf.

[patrice]

13. Agreed! very strongly. Boycott Palm Oil!

[graywarrior]

14. Outrageous!

Yeah, let's ban palm oil!

[BlueToTheBone]

15. it's in almost everything.

Is it the same thing as coconut oil?