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| Maggie 2010 |
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Maggie came to the centre in 2007 as a very small baby, and is now about 20 months old. She is a very active youngster and loves exploring and climbing wherever she can but always within easy reach of her carer. She has a magnificent coat of thick red hair. She has had a hernia from birth, and we are hoping one day soon the vets will be able to operate. Here she is seen “relaxing” in the heat of the day.
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| Maggie 2010, in her harness |
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| Maggie 2008 - hernia |
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| Maggie 2009 |
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Become a guardian
There are currently 320 orphaned orangutans at the Orangutan Care Centre and Quarantine Facility near the village of Pasir Panjang in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The monthly expenses to run the Care Centre are over HKD300 000, and as they get no financial support from Governments or large grants from conservation organisations, they are desperately in need of assistance.
You can help by becoming a guardian to one of the 6 young orphans featured below for just HKD250 for 1 year. You will receive a certificate and a beautiful photograph of your chosen orangutan. Simply complete the attached form and send it to us with your cheque, or you could deposit the money directly into our bank account.
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Every year thousands of orangutans are killed and hundreds of others are left as homeless orphans. Their rainforest habitat on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo is being destroyed at an alarming rate. Logging, uncontrolled fires and above all palm oil plantations, are responsible for the deforestation and devastation which is driving the orangutan to the brink of extinction.
Orangutan Aid was founded by Mara McCaffery in Hong Kong, in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of the orangutan in the wild, and the wider implication this has for the world. The destruction of rainforest in southeast asia and other rainforests across the globe, is responsible for about 20% of the world’s greenhouse gasses, the major factor contributing to global warming and climate change.
The orangutan can be seen as a symbol of our legacy to future generations. If the orangutan becomes extinct, it means we will have lost not only one of man’s closest relatives, but also thousands of other species which exist in this biodiversity. In addition one of the most effective forms of carbon absorption on the planet, being the tropical and peat rainforests, will have been destroyed. Is that really what we want for our children?
Orangutan Aid supports those organisations working to save the orangutan from extinction. This includes those who rescue and rehabilitate orphaned and displaced orangutans, and those working to save their habitat.
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| Maggie's fan mail |
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