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Update on Jackie
We earlier announced on our website we would be bringing you update on Jackie the orangutan. Based on our investigation it was easy to determine that Jackie was indeed used to lure tourist money, for 20 years. Our questions to the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) following the first and only reply to our initial email […]
Zoo accused of pressuring TV station to remove video
Please sign and share the petition to help the nine abused and exploited elephants at A’Famosa Resort at this link: Remember also to join the Facebook page created to help the nine elephants Zoo accused of pressuring TV station to remove video Aidila Razak | 10:25AM Oct 5, 2013 A zoo operator, accused of mistreating […]
Plight of the elephants on parade
The A’famosa Resort (2 hours south of Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital) is first and foremost a golf and entertainment holiday resort. In the adjoining A’Famosa Safari Wonderland zoo illegally obtained (wild caught in Indonesia) orangutans have in the past been discovered but the resort was never prosecuted. This same resort had humiliated its […]
80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged
“80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging, finds a comprehensive study that offers the first assessment of the spread of industrial logging and logging roads across areas that were considered some of Earth’s wildest lands less than 30 years ago.” Click here to read this stunning report on […]
“Biofuel”: EU destroys 700,000 hectares of rainforest
“The plantations needed to produce the palm oil cover an area of 700,000 hectares – land that until recently was still rainforest and the habitat of endangered orangutans. Despite the clear-cutting of the rainforests, the EU has classified palm oil as sustainably produced.” https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/mailalert/908/biofuel-eu-destroys-700-000-hectares-of-rainforest We have a request from Rainforest Rescue to help get signatures […]
Jackie the orangutan
Jackie is a 22-year old female orangutan who according to the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD), “spent most of the last two decades “spoilt” with junk food in Ranau”. In March this year Jackie was transferred to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park zoo in Kota Kinabalu (KK), Sabah. According to the SWD “She came into Sabah […]
Your urgent help needed in Aceh, Sumatra
The Indonesian government wants to clear 1.2 million hectares of protected virgin rainforest on Sumatra island, Indonesia. East Asia Minerals, a Canadian mining company, is one of the major backers of this proposal, which is expected to be approved in only a few weeks time, unless YOU take action NOW. Help the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation […]
Conservation ‘Orangutan Island’ style
We recently returned to visit ‘Orangutan Island’ within the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort. After looking at pictures of this place (link bottom), you will realise what is wrong with Orangutan Island. This island and the resort is owned by a Malaysian businessman, who was valued at USD $235 million in 2007 according to Forbes. […]
Young, orphan orangutans should be in a rehabilitation centre, not a luxury hotel
Our petition to help orangutans at the Shangri-la Rasa Ria resort has gathered over a thousand signatures, meaning the Sabah Wildlife Department has received more than one thousand emails regarding the treatment of orangutans at Rasa Ria. The pressure is piling. Another letter from a supporter has been published to demand that we get the […]
Questions on Rasa Ria remain unanswered
Questions on Rasa Ria remain unanswered December 3, 2012 FMT LETTER: From Suzanne Vigenser (Australia), via e-mail Why won’t the Sabah Wildlife Department answer questions regarding treatment of orangutans at Rasa Ria. To the director, Dr Laurentius Ambu, why have you remained silent on this issue and will you answer the following questions put to […]