Re: Extinction the facts
Originally Posted by
bakerman
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I only meant that compared to the Panda Bear, Orangutans are fast reproduction
I disagree with you about where Orangutans could live. Thousands of the uninhabited islands in and around Borneo/Sumatra/Indonesia/Philippines are indeed rain forests.
In any event Borneo/Sumatra ARE islands.
Suggestion: Anyone interested in preserving wild populations of Orangutans could start a movement to buy up an entire island, of sufficient size, in the area mentioned above, and turn it into a Orangutan wild preserve.
I suspect that if working closely with a few big names, (like Jane Goodall of chimpanzee fame) and a sympathetic local government, the island could be bought for very little money.
I don't know anything about how money is raised for such a project but I do know that there are dozens and dozens of well known global wildlife societies who could get you started and perhaps even join in.
I could go on and on but you get my thinking.
PS: unlike the African elephant, no-one is poaching Orangutans. So, little, if any, money would need to be spend on armed game rangers to protect the Orangutans. I can see how a small research team could live on the island to observe and study them
The islands that you describe and I know the area well having lived there for 22 years are too small for Orangutans .
They are not usually rainforest and have a different ecosystem .
Orangutans are poached all the time . Even thought it is illegal .
Mothers are killed so the babies can be raised as pets .
They often live in dreadful conditions
Of course when they get big they are a problem .
As they are ( if healthy incredibily strong )
They are treated appallingly
They are ( I hate to tel you this ) even chained down used for sexual abuse .
There are a several rescue and rehabilitation centres for orangutans and do great work .
One well known one is in Sarawak Malaysia Borneo’
It’s extremely hard to rehabilitate an Orangutan .
The reason being that a baby Orangutan is born helpless and is taught how to survive by its mother .
If it has been kept in a crate all of its formative years like a human child in the same circumstances it is damaged . It has all sorts of physical and psychological problems . Some never are able to return to the wild they remain at the sanctuary for ever.
The main enemy is however deforestation they simply have less and less room to live . They are a large animal and need room .
Anyone who has seen these super intelligent beings cannot but doubt they are our very near relatives .
It’s so sad to see them hurt and killed .
Please watch the short video on this link .
I know this happens because I have seen it with my own eyes ,
https://theanimalspage.com/orangutan-mother-killed/