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Orangutan Awareness Day - Catherine - 08-20-2022
It is Orangutan Awareness Day. We should always be aware of our red haired cousins, but it is also good to remember them on a special day.
They need all the help we can give them. Habitat loss is threatening their very existence.
https://redapes.org/august-19th-is-international-orangutan-day/
If we don't act now we could lose them. Many efforts are being made, but the biggest threat is habitat loss. The biggest cause of habitat loss is palm oil plantations. This is a controversial subject. What should we do.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/which-everyday-products-contain-palm-oil
https://www.goodto.com/food/food-news/palm-oil-products-to-avoid-460304
It is not so simple as a boycott of palm, oil products. We need to make changes in how we produce foods.
https://www.orangutans-sos.org/learn/palm-oil/?gclid=CjwKCAjw6fyXBhBgEiwAhhiZsj6cdCtAXpRQe__E0zoHXyPjrEtPaNelHQVEvvyLOFOOpSySYEzpfBoCGNcQAvD_BwE
This post started out as a chance to show off the new baby orangutan at the Toronto Zoo.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-zoo-baby-orangutan-wali-1.6556420
So here is little Wali. I remember seeing his parents as babies. Hopefully as the summer winds down, I will be able to go and see him.