Earlier this year, a video went viral on social media showing an orangutan defiantly advancing towards an excavator that was mowing down a tree. This photo was taken on the Indonesian island of Borneo, where deforestation is progressing.
Then, in June 2018, it was revealed that the British media outlet Independent had reported on this footage as an example of the current state of deforestation in the Sungai Putri region of Borneo, Indonesia.
A special program about orangutans was aired on the BBC (British National Broadcasting Corporation) documentary program “Red Ape: Saving the Orangutan” and the 2019 documentary “Climate Change: The Facts”, and British animal and botanist David Attenborough. Sir . It attracted even more attention due to the appearance of actors such as
Currently, palm oil is used in 50% of household products such as shampoo, toothpaste, detergent, and food products such as sweets sold in Europe and the United States.
But palm oil is not only bad for the environment, it’s a major contributor to climate change and is driving orangutans to extinction.
Endangered orangutans are forced into the few remaining forested areas. With nowhere to go, they simply starve and wait to die. When they go out into the jungle to look for food, there are many cases where they are found and killed by farm workers.
Furthermore, newborn orangutans are sometimes captured, separated from their mothers, and sold as illegal pets.
He then tried to grab the tip of the excavator and fell from the tree. Members are shouting at the person operating the machine not to hurt the orangutan.
The fallen orangutan tried to try again, but the worker who was controlling the orangutan pointed the shovel part at the orangutan and it slowly moved deeper into the bush.
Users who watched the video commented, “It’s just heartbreaking to see an orangutan trying to fight back when there’s nothing that can be done about it,” “Humans are the cause of this, right?” and “Orangutans are precious animals. We should do something to protect them, not take away their habitat.” “It hurts.” “We should think about how we would feel if our homes were destroyed like this.” Comments such as “That’s right,” “It’s crazy that this isn’t illegal,” and “This is the saddest video I’ve ever seen.”