Kamis, 17 November 2011

The Malaysia's Companies Slaughter Orangutan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The existence of endangered orangutans in East Kalimantan. They continue to be slaughtered, as the impact of forest clearing for oil palm plantations.
Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA East Kalimantan) and the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) has evacuated at least four orangutans from Muara Kaman, in the surrounding concession area of ​​PT Khaleda, a subsidiary of Metro Kajang Holdings Berhad of Malaysia and PT Grace? Urea Way.
Hardi Baktiantoro COP campaigners, said dozens of Borneo orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) died pathetic in area of ​​oil palm plantations in the surrounding aquatic mammal. Hardi accused, even if the hunters paid claims to have killed many orangutan mother and deploy workers recognize the deeds that have been sprayed banana Furadan to poison the orangutans.
Unfortunately, to this day, the police did not also specify one suspect and no one was jailed. "It's disappointing and dangerous to the survival of orangutans," Hardi said in a press release received by Reuters.
A similar situation occurred in Wahau Muara District, East Kutai. On July 26, 2011, BKSDA and COP were forced to evacuate two orangutans. One orangutan mother killed the workers identified Makin Group's palm. Hardi is said, when his grave was demolished to know orangutans cause of death.
The results of identification of states, the battered corpse of orangutans as a blow to be repeated, a second injured his wrist and fingers broken.
As in Central Kalimantan, COP identified one orangutan skull in the surrounding concession area of ​​PT TASK and evacuated three children captured orangutans local workers. "COP also found four skulls of orangutans in the concession area of ​​the Wilmar Group on August 20, 2011."
Hardi assess the deaths of tens of orangutans is not happening because of human conflict with these primate species, but an attempt of genocide (mass murder) of certain groups are greedy for personal profit. He said he poked the government should dare to look at the fact that the police are not making any progress to prevent the extinction of orangutans in Borneo.

Editors: Siwi Tri Praise B

Reporter: Erik Purnama Son
Source: Republika
 

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