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Follow on Google News | Orangutan Caring Week – 8-15 November 2015Annual event raises awareness concerning orangutans and their endangered status as their forest home on Borneo and Sumatra is threatened by agricultural conversion and fires. The theme this year is “Working together toward sustainable solutions."
By: Orang Utan Republik Foundation, Inc. In 2005, Orangutan Caring Week (OCW) was established by the non-profit Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) to draw attention to the species and its plight as well as to provide people an opportunity to take action and to care about the future of orangutans. It also gives orangutan, conservation, and zoological organizations opportunities to discuss their programs with the media and at schools and other institutions. The theme for OCW this year is “Working together toward sustainable solutions”. The theme drives home the need for organizations and people to get together and to harness limited resources to implement conservation solutions for the betterment of the species, which is still on the brink of extinction. That would include acquiring and managing large tracks of forests as conservation concessions. OCW is being coordinated this year by the consortium, World Orangutan Events, and supported by dozens of organizations. OURF President Dr. Gary Shapiro encourages everyone to participate in ways that are informative, inspiring and engaging. “It is important that we enroll the public to better understand the challenges facing one of our closest primate cousins and to give them ways to participate in sustainable solutions while there still is time” said Shapiro. Indeed, only 6,300 orangutans remain in relict populations on the northern portion of Sumatra while on Borneo, thousands have perished in recent times due to massive deforestation, fires, killing as pests, illegal hunting, and poaching for the illegal pet trade. Conservationists and wildlife managers continue to struggle to manage the growing number of confiscated, ex-captive animals in rehabilitation stations while securing forested areas for reintroduction and at the same time, insuring the remaining populations of wild orangutans have adequate habitat for the foreseeable future. Events are being planned in countries around the world. Zoos in Spain and USA, nonprofits in Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, and many others are hosting events to raise awareness and promote action on behalf of the orangutan. Orangaware.org’ For more information about Orangutan Caring Week, the activities being scheduled, and what people can do to participate, go to www.orangutancaringweek.com. To schedule an interview with a member of the World Orangutan Events, go to www.orangutancaringweek.com/ End
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