August 19: Orangutan Dayby | 19-08-2013 12:43 |
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.jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Do you know?, to recognize the most iconic victim of the palm oil industry, World Orangutan Day has been set as August 19 2013 where we can join with the other to save and protect Orangutan (one of indigenous animal in Southeast Asia rain forest area, particularly in Kalimantan/Borneo and Sumatra Island, Indonesia) From 1992-2000, the population of the Sumatran orangutan declined by more than 50% and only an estimated 7,000 animals are left in the wild. Its relative, the Bornean orangutan population fell nearly 43 % in the past decade and estimates place their population at about 45,000 animals. So, what do you think?, let's join to save Orangutan!.
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