I'm sharing because everyone should know about this.
I'm sharing because everyone should know about this.
Originally shared by Sandy Schepis
Orangutans are another species on the brink of extinction. Many scientists and conservationists think their time in the wild is numbered. The below article is an example of why.
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"Deforestation has dramatically reduced their habitat and their numbers have dropped from 250,000 a few decades ago to only 50,000 in the wild..."
"Company executives are reported to be offering up to £70 to employees for each orangutan killed on the palm oil plantations."
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html#ixzz1kguHL3Wu
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html
Originally shared by Sandy Schepis
Orangutans are another species on the brink of extinction. Many scientists and conservationists think their time in the wild is numbered. The below article is an example of why.
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"Deforestation has dramatically reduced their habitat and their numbers have dropped from 250,000 a few decades ago to only 50,000 in the wild..."
"Company executives are reported to be offering up to £70 to employees for each orangutan killed on the palm oil plantations."
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html#ixzz1kguHL3Wu
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html
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