{"id":6580,"date":"2017-04-21T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2017-04-21T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:41:42","slug":"threats-to-orangutans-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/threats-to-orangutans-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats to Orangutans in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6582\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC0160-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC0160-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC0160-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC0160-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC0160-768x1156.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">A crisis exists for orangutans.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">While exact orangutan population counts are always a challenge \u2013 various estimates put current\u00a0counts at between 50,000-100,000 orangutans left in the wild \u2013 we do know with certainty that 2,000 to 3,000 orangutans are killed every year.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">At this rate of loss, many experts believe\u00a0orangutans could be extinct in the wild in less than 50 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Never before has\u00a0their very existence been threatened so severely. Economic crisis combined with natural disasters and human abuse of the forest are pushing one of\u00a0humankind\u2019s closest cousins to extinction.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The main threats today to the survival of orangutans:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Loss of habitat through deforestation <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Palm oil plantations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illegal hunting<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illegal pet trade<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Learn more about the threats to orangutans <a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/threats-to-orangutans\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Would you like to help the Orangutan Conservancy to protect orangutans both in the wild and in rescue and rehabilitation centers across Indonesia?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/how-to-help\/make-a-donation\/\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Please make\u00a0your donation to OC now and become a champion for orangutans!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crisis exists for orangutans. 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