Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Borneo Orang Utans - Caged in

FLEEING forest fires, angry farmers, machete-wielding plantation workers and rescued from smugglers, orang utans are trooping in large numbers into rescue centres across Kalimantan.

Mainly operated by two foreign-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) and the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) – these centres are fast turning into refugee camps for the endangered Asian great ape.

However, finding new homes for the over 1,000 orang utans in these centres is a daunting task. Deforestation and expanding oil palm plantations are swallowing up forests faster than these animals can be rehabilitated.

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