Save the Orangutans

Since 1980 over 80% of Orangutans have been wiped out all because of western civilisations increasing demand for palm oil. Orangutans used to live all across east Asia, but now have been restricted to just the small Islands of Borneo and Sumatra in South East Asia. Plantation owners will show no mercy, torturing the orangutans until eventually they die. An adult male orangutan in about 7 times stronger than the average human, meaning workers will often work in teams to bring the orangutan down. The methods of murder are cruel and inhumane, including maiming, severing, burning alive (some plantation workers will actually pour fuel over the animals then set them alight). There are horrific photos here on the internet of the everyday killings made in Borneo and Sumatra.
Palm oil, other wise known as vegetable oil, is in most of our everyday products. The palm oil companies are destroying the rainforests by dangerous methods, usually burning (which often becomes uncontrollable) to make way for plantation where they can grow this crop. These rainforests are disappearing at a rate never seen before on this planet.
Please sign this petition to help save the orangutans, our closest living cousins who are predicted to be wiped out bu the year 2012. Send it on to your friends and family and spread the word of this terrible predicament, and end the secret of the Palm Oil Industry and its effect on the Indonesian and Malaysian Rainforests.
If you want to make an even better impact, avoid buying products containing palm (vegetable) oil, and opt for the healthier olive and sunflower oils. You can also encourage food companies and brands to switch to more sustainable oils. For example Walkers switched to sunflower oil from palm oil recently.
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Since 1980 over 80% of Orangutans have been wiped out all because of western civilisations increasing demand for palm oil. Orangutans used to live all across east Asia, but now have been restricted to just the small Islands of Borneo and Sumatra in South East Asia. Plantation owners will show no mercy, torturing the orangutans until eventually they die. An adult male orangutan in about 7 times stronger than the average human, meaning workers will often work in teams to bring the orangutan down. The methods of murder are cruel and inhumane, including maiming, severing, burning alive (some plantation workers will actually pour fuel over the animals then set them alight). There are horrific photos here on the internet of the everyday killings made in Borneo and Sumatra.
Palm oil, other wise known as vegetable oil, is in most of our everyday products. The palm oil companies are destroying the rainforests by dangerous methods, usually burning (which often becomes uncontrollable) to make way for plantation where they can grow this crop. These rainforests are disappearing at a rate never seen before on this planet.
Please sign this petition to help save the orangutans, our closest living cousins who are predicted to be wiped out bu the year 2012. Send it on to your friends and family and spread the word of this terrible predicament, and end the secret of the Palm Oil Industry and its effect on the Indonesian and Malaysian Rainforests.
If you want to make an even better impact, avoid buying products containing palm (vegetable) oil, and opt for the healthier olive and sunflower oils. You can also encourage food companies and brands to switch to more sustainable oils. For example Walkers switched to sunflower oil from palm oil recently.
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