{"id":7223,"date":"2019-03-18T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=7223"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:13:13","slug":"save-the-tapanuli-orangutan-on-march-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/save-the-tapanuli-orangutan-on-march-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Tapanuli Orangutan on March 21st!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Join us this week as activists around the globe call on the Bank of China to defund the Batang Toru dam!<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7225 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Tapanuli-Orangutan.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Tapanuli Orangutan is facing extinction and they need your help! The development of a new hydroelectric dam in the Batang Toru ecosystem is currently the biggest threat to the orangutans\u2019 survival. This dam would cut through the highest density of the orangutans\u2019 population and permanently split the entire species into three separate groups, according to a recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orangutans-sos.org\/content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Damming-Evidence.pdf\">report<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. There are only 800 Tapanuli Orangutans left and permanently fragmenting their population will lead to their near-extinction. Act now before it\u2019s too late! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/save-the-tapanuli-orangutan-la-tickets-57937727302?utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;aff=escb&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;utm-term=listing\">Click Here<\/a> to join us for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4apes.com\/\">Ape Alliance<\/a>\u2019s rally on March 21<sup>st<\/sup> at 12pm at the Bank of China in Los Angeles, CA!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/o\/michael-greenberg-18936044898\">Click Here<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to find out more on other rallies going on around the globe! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us this week as activists around the globe call on the Bank of China to defund the Batang Toru dam! The Tapanuli Orangutan is facing extinction and they need your help! The development of a new hydroelectric dam in the Batang Toru ecosystem is currently the biggest threat to the orangutans\u2019 survival. 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