{"id":3777,"date":"2013-04-11T20:41:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2013-04-11T20:41:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:41:29","slug":"orangutan-news-hanging-on-for-dear-life-orangutan-family-rescued-as-borneo-forest-home-is-bulldozed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-news-hanging-on-for-dear-life-orangutan-family-rescued-as-borneo-forest-home-is-bulldozed\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan News: Hanging On For Dear Life &#8211; Orangutan Family Rescued as Borneo Forest Home is Bulldozed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3778\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/f1c40afe-f47b-42c1-92e3-7f2d665599d1_orangutan-rescue3-08042013-e1365712744682.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3778 \" alt=\"An adult orangutan looks down from its treetop home as the forest in Ketapang, Borneo, is bulldozed (Caters)\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/f1c40afe-f47b-42c1-92e3-7f2d665599d1_orangutan-rescue3-08042013-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An adult orangutan looks down from its treetop home as the forest in Ketapang, Borneo, is bulldozed (Caters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terrified primates were saved in Borneo last week as their homes were destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations &#8211; and charities say their plight is becoming ever more desperate.<\/p>\n<p>Clutching desperately to branches as their home is destroyed beneath them, this is the heartbreaking moment starving orangutans were saved from a bulldozed Borneo rainforest.<\/p>\n<p>The terrified animals were found clinging to the last remaining trees of a forest in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, where trees are being bulldozed to make way for a palm oil plantation.<\/p>\n<p>Among those saved from the brink of death were a pregnant female orangutan, and a mother and baby who refused to let go of each other during the horrific ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers from UK charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) and the local forestry department in Ketapang, moved in to save the creatures in Borneo after receiving a call for help from the company, Bumitama Gunajaya Agro, which belongs to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.<\/p>\n<p>This excerpt from a news article is courtesy of Yahoo News UK &amp; Ireland and can be read in its entirety by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/orangutan-rescue-borneo--primates-deforestation-palm-oil-ketapang-mother-and-baby-104041487.html#Ny6hzWP\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrified primates were saved in Borneo last week as their homes were destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations &#8211; and charities say their plight is becoming ever more desperate. 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