Save the Orangutans Part 1 of 3

This footage was taken at the end of the day when the orangutans come back from the forest and converge on the lawn before bedtime.

Orangutans are critically endangered. We need your help to save them. Visit us at http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk
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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• orangutan
• orang
• utan
• orang-utan
• ape
• monkey
• forest
• jungle
• rainforest
• animal
• Borneo
• Indonesia
• Nyaru
• Menteng
• Kalimantan

[mandela]

p/s. sorry for flooding of the comments. =D

[redapes]

No problem, Mandela. Thank you for opening the dialogue with such intelligent, well thought out comments.

[mandela]

But as yet, the government will still certainly have to depend on palm oil as we have no other choices. I do not mean to offend anybody but do have an open mind and ponder on what I have said. Thank you and May God Bless you.

[redapes]

The only reasonable solution is to harvest the palm oil sustainably. There is no need to destroy any more land. The Suharto regime cut down tens of thousands of hectares of forest and the land is not being used. Convert it to oil palm plantation. Leave the remaining forest intact. Stop killing innocent orangutans on the plantations. The palm oil companies should help pay for orangutan conservation. They are the reason they're on the verge of extinction so they should help save them!

[mandela]

However, I also know that it is certainly killing the Orang Utans. But what are we to do? Perhaps the United Nations (UN) can help us by giving some sort of financial help? Or 'compensation'. Or maybe even suggest an alternative. We are not as hard headed as you think. We are open to suggestions.

[redapes]

There has been talk in the EU of financing development that does not destroy the forests. The UN has no mandate. The UNEP released a great report last year about the palm oil crisis but no one read it. The international banks only care about making money and there's profit in palm oil. It's up to the people to stand up and defend their heritage from the corporations. Orangutans are symbolic of the greater destruction that is at hand. They are innocent victims of greed and nearsightedness.

[pinkjellybean94]

i'm only 14 but i'v been busking in Melbourne to rase money for the Orangutans. i hope my hard work is helping.

[redapes2]

Donating a penny would help. And I know that the orangutans are thankful.

P.S. I'm only ten.

[MrJDarby123]

This is cool

[keithosmarferrer]

i'm saving orangutans by making a robotic one instead of buying one!!!

[RELZNYC]

whoever brings harm to these beautiful animals or should I say Apes , I hope they die a slow and ugly death... who are we ( humans) to disrupt their lives and take away there forests. I hope we can stop this madness and corruption soon before we lose our distant cousin. Wake up people ( palm oil killers ) and come to your senses. Save the red apes and save their forests....Nuff said, take care....

[chillaxinwithkell]

@redapes ..Please watch my audition video for the opportunity to help save the orangutans in borneo..

it is under = kelly stamp, Action Agent..

I want to put a stop to palm oil plantations and insure the repopulation and cnservation of the orangutan species!!

[Adam0433]

c0o0o0o0ol

[Siamangutan]

I agree! I don't buy lottery tickets very often, but whenever I do, my fantasy is always to donate all those millions of dollars to primate conservation groups. As a student of physical anthropology and human evolution, I do my best to express to people how important it is that we keep these apes alive, not only for their right to live, but for our own benefit. We learn so much from studying primate behavior in the wild. It really does break my heart to see their numbers dwindling.

[ahonestwoman]

I wish I can do more to help. It is very sad to know they may not be in the wild much longer for my children to see them in the habitat like that.

If I had a billion dollars I would buy huge hunks of land and make them protected for the orangutan.

thanks for the wonderful video

[ahonestwoman]

It is so sweet to see these beautiful animals like this. Very cute....always thought it was cute and the babies are just perious. But, seeing a baby with his or her mommy is just outright breath taking.

Just looking at all of those beautiful babies without moms is just heart breaking. I may never see a mother and baby orangutan together. I seen them at the zoo and wow they are just soooooo wonderful. I fell in love.

They are God's angels!!

[flightofideas72]

I hate what people are doing to these wonderful, lovable animals. They deserve to live. It disgusts me an makes me sad.