Orangutan Facts

Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape “Orang Hutan” literally translating into English as “People of the Forest”. In times past they would not kill them because they felt the orangutan was simply a person hiding in the trees, trying to avoid having to go to work or become a slave. Find out more…

Threats to Orangutans

Never before has its very existence been threatened so severely. Economic crisis combined with natural disasters and human abuse of the forest are pushing our closest cousins to extinction.  They have lost approximately 80% of their habitat in the last 20 years.

Their Tropical Rainforest Home

“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.” — Chief Seattle

Items to Avoid

“Let us remember, always, that we are the consumers. By exercising free choice, by choosing what to buy, what not to buy, we have the power, collectively to change the ethics of the business of industry. We have the potential to exert immense power for good–we each carry it with us, in our purses, checkbooks, and credit cards.” — Dr. Jane Goodall, A Reason for Hope

Gallery

Check out our Photo Gallery of amazing images of these beautiful creatures and their rainforest habitat.

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