orang-utans killed for profit

Another characterized shame !!!!!
Orang-utans killed for oil palm
The orangutan is one of the animals the most intelligent of the forest, it is also one of the closest relatives of humans. He lives in their natural state, only in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia and Malaysia. The orangutan is entirely dependent on the forest tree species, all his life takes place in the heights. There are two species of orang-utans: orang-utan of Borneo, a species classified as "endangered" and the Sumatran orang-utan, classified as "critically endangered" by extinction. (Red List of IUCN) Several thousands of orang-utans are disappearing each year. All that remains now between 45 000 and 69 000 orang-utan on Borneo and Sumatra in about 7300. The decline in populations has been meteoric. For example, the number of orangutans in Sumatra has fallen by 91% since 1900. If protective action is not established, the orang-utan could be extinct in the wild in the next 20 years. Today the main threat is deforestation, monoculture for palm oil in particular. The last refuge of the orang-utan is decimated, hectare after hectare, with the sole purpose of installing industrial plantations for palm oil. Changes in the distribution of orang-utans in Borneo between 1930 and 2004Source: WWFLes threats to orang-utans are many. Orangutans are killed or injured in fires used to "clean up the forest" to install thousands of hectares of palm oil plantation at low cost. Some farmers who consider orangutans as an enemy to the plantation did not bother to attack them and torturing them before killing them. The overall reduction of their habitat is to develop the frequency of poaching and the capture of young orangutans, including for use as pets to individuals, shops (to attract the customer) or parks entertainment for tourists. Logging is also very strongly to the fragmentation of their habitat. The cutting of trees especially causes a problem because often food tree resources are food for the orangutans. The arrival of forest increases the pressure of poaching and capture. Although orang-utans that are normally safe are threatened. Indeed, according to the latest UNEP report, protected areas, including national parks, are affected by fires (2002 and 2004, over 50% of fires were in areas of conservation), and illegal logging (in 37 of the 41 national parks in Indonesia). Faced with these threats, orang-utans are forced to flee, but to much less favorable habitats for their survival. The result: an increase in mortality among young people and a lower birth rate among females. Source: UNEP * The Last Stand of the Orangutan