Comments on: Orangutans Heading for Extinction in Less Than Five Years!! http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/ Whole Food Supplements Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:28:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: venus aged 8 http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6539 venus aged 8 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:23:15 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=723#comment-6539 i think orangutans are lovely and i think peeple shood stop destroying the forsets were thay live.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo orangutans are my favorit animal! i think orangutans are lovely and i think peeple shood stop destroying the forsets were thay live.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
orangutans are my favorit animal!

]]> By: lisa bergman, md http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-707 lisa bergman, md Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:35:29 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=723#comment-707 This is a terrible situation. Overpopulation is destroying our world faster than anybody in their SUVs and air conditioned houses have the capacity to realize. It is more than a shame, it is a waste. A terrible waste. I apologize for my glum perspective, but, really, what can we expect in a world like ours in which our president refuses to do his part in curbing the destruction and in which war is still seen as an option to solving problems? This is a terrible situation. Overpopulation is destroying our world faster than anybody in their SUVs and air conditioned houses have the capacity to realize. It is more than a shame, it is a waste. A terrible waste. I apologize for my glum perspective, but, really, what can we expect in a world like ours in which our president refuses to do his part in curbing the destruction and in which war is still seen as an option to solving problems?

]]> By: Nutrition Researchers http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Nutrition Researchers Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:32:50 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=723#comment-706 Just to reiterate, visit this website for more valuable information on the orangutan... http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/?page_id=19 Just to reiterate, visit this website for more valuable information on the orangutan… http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/?page_id=19

]]> By: Nutrition Researchers http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Nutrition Researchers Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:27:29 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=723#comment-705 Michelle; This is very well written, most notably your comment, "Orangutans do not exist for our benefit. They themselves have a right to life, regardless of whether we get the added benefit of gazing upon them in their world one day." It's a brilliant point you make. Thank you. Michelle;

This is very well written, most notably your comment, “Orangutans do not exist for our benefit. They themselves have a right to life, regardless of whether we get the added benefit of gazing upon them in their world one day.” It’s a brilliant point you make. Thank you.

]]> By: Michelle Desilets http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/orangutans-heading-for-extinction-in-less-than-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Michelle Desilets Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:26:23 +0000 http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/?p=723#comment-704 It is often asked, "How many orangutans are left?" The numbers themselves do not matter. What matters is that the rate of decline is increasing, and unless something is done, the wild orangutan will go extinct. Once remaining populations become so small and fragmented, there will be no way to recover the species, as these small populations will be genetically unviable in the long run. What also matters is the welfare angle of this decline 5000 are dying unnaturally--either from starvation as a result of habitat destruction or from human-wildlife conflict. Working with orangutans for 14 years now, I see them as individuals capable of emotions and pain. The loss of just one of these is heartbreaking. 5000 is genocide. We have a moral obligation to save these sentient, intelligent cousins of ours from this brutality. I do not subscribe to the view that we need to keep orangutan numbers up so our children have a chance to see them in the wild. Orangutans do not exist for our benefit. They themselves have a right to life, regardless of whether we get the added benefit of gazing upon them in their world one day. The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world. We look after close to 1000 rescued orangutans presently, and have rescued and released more than 1000 others so far. We are the only organisation actively rescuing the wild orangutans from certain death in these oil-palm plantations. 2 weeks ago we released a further 25 wild orangutans rescued from oil-palm plantations into a remote protected forest in the north of Central Kalimantan. This release site could potentially support more than 1000 orangutans, making it a viable population. BOS also manages the Mawas Reserve, a forest of 360,000 hectares, home to some 3500 wild orangutans. If BOS can continue to protect populations like those in our release site and in Mawas, we can prevent the extinction of the orangutan in the wild. Find out more at www.savetheorangutan.co.uk. Michelle Desilets Founding Director Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK It is often asked, “How many orangutans are left?” The numbers themselves do not matter. What matters is that the rate of decline is increasing, and unless something is done, the wild orangutan will go extinct. Once remaining populations become so small and fragmented, there will be no way to recover the species, as these small populations will be genetically unviable in the long run.
What also matters is the welfare angle of this decline 5000 are dying unnaturally–either from starvation as a result of habitat destruction or from human-wildlife conflict. Working with orangutans for 14 years now, I see them as individuals capable of emotions and pain. The loss of just one of these is heartbreaking. 5000 is genocide.
We have a moral obligation to save these sentient, intelligent cousins of ours from this brutality. I do not subscribe to the view that we need to keep orangutan numbers up so our children have a chance to see them in the wild. Orangutans do not exist for our benefit. They themselves have a right to life, regardless of whether we get the added benefit of gazing upon them in their world one day.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world. We look after close to 1000 rescued orangutans presently, and have rescued and released more than 1000 others so far. We are the only organisation actively rescuing the wild orangutans from certain death in these oil-palm plantations. 2 weeks ago we released a further 25 wild orangutans rescued from oil-palm plantations into a remote protected forest in the north of Central Kalimantan. This release site could potentially support more than 1000 orangutans, making it a viable population. BOS also manages the Mawas Reserve, a forest of 360,000 hectares, home to some 3500 wild orangutans. If BOS can continue to protect populations like those in our release site and in Mawas, we can prevent the extinction of the orangutan in the wild. Find out more at http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk.
Michelle Desilets
Founding Director
Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK

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