Thursday, November 3, 2011

Hungry villagers kill hundreds of orangutans for food

Hundreds of orangutans have been killed for food by villagers in Borneo as man and beast struggle for survival, a shock report revealed today.

Almost 700 of the great apes - whose name means man of the forest - have been slaughtered in the rainforests by hungry villagers, while starving animals have moved in the other direction, encroaching onto farmland looking for food.

A survey by a nature group in Indonesia - which shares occupation of Borneo with Malaysia - reveals that 691 orangutans were slaughtered in Kalimatan, Indonesia's larger portion of the island.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057035/Hungry-villagers-killing-hundreds-orangutans-food-Borneo.html

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