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Orangutans Pay a High Price for Palm Oil in Indonesia
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, orangutans, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 50 days ago - iar.org.uk
The plight of a baby orangutan rescued from plantation workers in Borneo has exposed the high price these endangered primates are paying for the production of palm oil. The 2-3 year old female was found hogtied to a pole and had clearly been brutally
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Arundhati Misra (4)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 9:06 am
eaten????this is inhumane.....it is humiliating......
 

Bee Hive Lady (342)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:10 am
Yes insanity. This is dreadful news. Thank you hoowever, Cher for keeping us informed.
 

CaroleNoEmails NO EMAILS (47)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:55 am
Hard to see that pic of the baby orangutang all tied up. There's a petition to them these animals at:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-orangutan-demand-labelling-of-palm-oil.html
 

JennyLynn W. (124)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 1:49 pm
Thanks Cher. Thanks Carole for the petition. Sheesh.
 

AwayNoPost NoForwards (241)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:56 pm
Signed the petiton a while back. These people are bastards!
 

Cheryl Ulrich (11)
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 11:23 pm
These photos were absolutely heartbreaking !! What kind of MONSTER is capable of this ??!! Surely someone with no soul ...
 

mary f. (78)
Thursday November 5, 2009, 3:24 am
thanks cher palm oil is in so many things i try to watch out for it
 

David B. (17)
Thursday November 5, 2009, 5:15 am
so in return ,how come when they save a young'un like that no one pays the price?that whole country is discusting.
 

michelle d. (0)
Friday November 6, 2009, 3:41 am
Please support this important initiative either by donating to International Animal Rescue or Orangutan Outreach.
Many thanks,
Michelle Desilets
Orangutan Land Trust
 
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