Leuser : Baby orangutans rescued from Indonesia's pet trade – BBC News

Leuser : Baby orangutans rescued from Indonesia's pet trade - BBC News
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Baby orangutans on the island of Sumatra are being captured and sold as pets, but charities are working to rescue the animals and confront the owners.

This is a series about the animals of Indonesia’s Leuser rainforest and the people trying to save them. Leuser is one of the most biodiverse places on earth.

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Filmed, edited and produced by Charlotte Pamment
Reporter: Reporter: Mehulika Sitepu, BBC Indonesia
Additional camerawork and production support by Shinta Retnani, Haryo Wirawan and Irendra Radjawali

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34 Comments

  1. While "subduing the earth", we must be about "multiplying those organisms of plants and animals God has designed shall dwell upon it, namely all forms of life, each to multiply in its sphere and element and have joy therein." – President Brigham Young

    "And the Gods said: We will bless them. And the Gods said: We will cause them to be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and to have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And the Gods said: Behold, we will give them every herb bearing seed that shall come upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which shall have fruit upon it; yea, the fruit of the tree yielding seed to them we will give it; it shall be for their meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, behold, we will give them life, and also we will give to them every green herb for meat, and all these things shall be thus organized."

    – Abraham 4:28-30, Pearl of Great Price

  2. hard to watch that separation. He loved her – and since he knows NOTHING else for 3 years – his chances of a successful rehabilitation are??

  3. The worst fact that Indonesian government from the national sectors to the local sectors support coal mining and palm oil farming which clearly ruin the environment

  4. People have dogs as a pet that's an animal. Maybe the orangutan could of been trained. The orangutan was holding on to his owner like a child being taken away from his mother.

  5. Sometimes I really think humans are the true animals. They take and take and don’t care about who they hurt or who gets killed as long as they are making money. If i was rich I would invest my money into savings theses beautiful animals. And the beautiful rainforest. We have enough why want to take it away from others and theses beautiful animals. Your going to make your decision to take what is going to be here for our grandchildren And children’s please pray that this will stop ?

  6. This is sad ?. Orangutans are basically herbivores , they don't eat fish, goat, prawn, beef…. Etc
    Their staple diet is leaves, shoots, bark and fruits. Not fat and chubby. Unhealthy sort , very healthy diet.

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