Palm Oil – Orangutan’s Deadly Foe
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The challenge of saving the orangutan – man’s closest relative – from extinction is trickling down to the weekly shop. Many of the biscuits, margarines, breads, crisps and even bars of soap that consumers pick off supermarket shelves contain an ingredient that is feeding a growth industry that conservationists say is killing the orangutans.
Help Save the Borneo Orangutans
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Last year the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) supporters raised the money to save Nyaru Menteng, the world’s largest orangutan sanctuary, from closure. Thank you so much if you were among those who helped save the lives of hundreds of orangutans.