Malaysian company genocide Borneo Orangutan

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 Kaltim) and the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) has been evacuated at least four orangutans of Muara Kaman, in the surrounding concession area of ​​PT Khaleda, a subsidiary of Metro Kajang Holdings Berhad of Malaysia and PT Anugerah? Urea Sakti.

Hardi Baktiantoro COP campaigner, said dozens of Borneo orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) died pathetic in the area of ​​oil palm plantations in the surrounding aquatic mammal. Hardi accused, although the hunters paid claims to have killed many orangutan mother and deploy workers admitted conduct that has been sprayed banana Furadan to poison the orangutans.

Unfortunately, to this day, the police did not also specify one suspect and no one in jail. "It's disappointing and harmful 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, and COP BKSDA forced to evacuate two orangutans. One orangutan mother identified oil workers killed Makin Group. It is said Hardi, when his grave was demolished to know orangutans cause of death.

The results of the identification of states, the battered bodies such as the orangutan is performed repeatedly hit, two wrist injuries and broken fingers.

As in Central Kalimantan, the COP identified one orangutan skull in the surrounding concession area of ​​PT TASK and evacuated three children are 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 who should dare to look at the fact that the police did not make any progress to prevent the extinction of orangutans in Borneo.

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