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The Ape Alliance is an international coalition of organisations and individuals, working for the conservation and welfare of apes – http://www.4apes.com

The Ape Alliance exists to:
• Provide a forum for discussion of issues relating to apes.
• Develop position papers on key issues.
• Lobby collectively for enactment and/or enforcement of legislation to improve the welfare and/or conservation of apes.
• Campaign for greater public awareness of ape issues and increase respect for apes.
• Facilitate information exchange between member groups and, where appropriate, coordinate activities to maximise their beneficial effect.
You can help – Visit these pages to find out how:

http://www.4apes.com/orangutanwg/

http://www.4apes.com/palmoil/  - visit this site to find out how to let your local MEP/MEP know you want to help the orangutans – the more the better the campaign!

They have been kind enough to send me 4 photos of orangutans to help highlight the problems these poor creatures face….

Orangutan abuse copyright Ian Redmond

ask why an orangutan submits to this treatment before you enjoy the show afamosa resort malaysia

Afamosa resort abuse malaysia copyright Ian Redmond

Afamosa resort abuse malaysia 

oil palms replace rainforest malaysia copyright Ian Redmond

Oil palms replace rainforest, Malaysia

orangutan in rooftop zoo pata department store bangkok thailand copyright Ian Redmond

Orangutan in rooftop zoo, Pata Department Store, Bangkok, Thailand

save the orangutan copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about the dangers for the orangutans?  How they are being slaughtered?

Do you know why they are being killed and will be extinct in around 10 years if we dont help?

Do you know how you can so easily help?

All this and more in my section on ‘save the orangutan’ which you can read by clicking  HERE

orangutan borneo copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about the Orangutans of Borneo?

I have organised some easy to read facts about the Bornean Orangutan HERE

sumatra orangutan copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about Sumatran Orangutans?

I have organised some easy to read facts about the Sumatran Orangutan HERE

Orangutan copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about Orangutans? 

I have organised some easy to read facts about the orangutan – click here

palm oil - the facts copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about palm oil and how it is killing the orangutans?  We are not looking for a boycott of palm oil useage – just a campaign to stop the use of ‘unsustainable palm oil’ for products in our supermarkets and to make biofuels.  Sustainable oil plantations are out there and are accessible, so lets do something about it! 

Learn more here

Magazine photo of man with baby orangutan photo slaves

Thailand and the orangutan pet trade

Have you been to Thailand or going on holiday there?

The pet trade and abduction of young babies (which involves killing the mothers) is something that is still going on.

In Thailand, there are many orangutans kept as pets, or used in fights for audience enjoyment, or as photo props for tourist photos. This must be stopped, and I would urge anyone going to Thailand, who sees an orang-utan outside of a zoo, that is used in any of these ways or similar, to report the scene and people to one of the charities or us at info@notjustanessexgirl.com  

I have a photo (pictured above) from a woman’s magazine in 2006, of a man with two pet orangutans dressed in t-shirts. The wife of the person in the photo had sent it in making a joke about them kissing her husband whilst on honeymoon in Pattaya, Thailand.

The point is that it is not funny and the orangutans involved were overweight, too young to be away from their mothers, and probably drugged (even though they are placid). I would be surprised if they are still alive now, yet the magazine and the people on the holiday just didn’t realise! PLEASE DON’T LET THAT BE YOU! If you go on holiday to Thailand, please be aware of these issues!

In Sumatra, legislation dating from 1931 prohibits the owning, killing, or capture of orangutans. However, in reality, poachers still hunt them, mostly for the pet trade.

In international law, orangutans are listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), prohibiting unlicensed trade due to the conservation status of the species in the wild. Unfortunately, the demand for young orangutans as pet’s locally and internationally is still high which means that the poachers are still out there killing the mothers in order to capture the baby orphans. Roughly only one in four will survive this ordeal, and four mothers will have been killed in order to capture the four in the first place!

If you do something to help or have any questions, please either use the comments form or email us at: info@notjustanessexgirl.com  - let us know what you think!

charities orangutan copyright Sandra M Dean

Can you help to save the orangutans?  The answer is yes and you dont have to spend money!  The charities and foundations can give you some information and ideas.

Please see our information on the Charities and Organisations helping the plight of the orangutan here