Welcome to the Year of the Monkey 2004

While people all around the world (majority ethnic Chinese) celebrate the coming of the year of the monkey this year, our closest cousins are having no reason at all to do the same. All over the world their population are wiped out ; their numbers decline...

Orangutan as one of the great apes are in trouble in Indonesia. Look at their magical eyes then you will know, without them this world is not the same anymore !

" Orangutans doomed ! say experts...Wild populations of orangutans are found only in the tropical forests on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, and all populations are under severe threat. New data on the rate of deforestation has confirmed the prediction that, unless action is taken to reverse the decline, Sumatran orangutans are likely to be the first great ape to become extinct in the wild. For the Bornean species, there was both good and bad news. Prof. Carel van Schaik of Duke University, USA, explained, "The estimated number of orangutans in Borneo today is higher than we thought a decade ago, but that doesn’t mean that the actual number is higher. In fact the bad news is that, from the loss of habitat we conclude there are at least one third fewer than there were a decade ago."

....the above news are taken from The Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) website.... Please pay a visit to their site and show your support, they are fighting a very are important cause !

I am still depicting Save the Orangutans of Sumatra under this title due to the long battle they have. Do visit their website for further information & please show your support by signing their URGENT online PETITION, it is very easy !

Don't let Orangutan go forever ! We have to protect them !