Three of them are just babies, could end up scarred for life

Oct 30, 2012 15:13 GMT  ·  By

The Gunung Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, is now home to seven orangutans which were forced to abandon their homes after several bulldozers took down significant portions of land in order to accommodate for palm oil plantations.

Of these seven orangutans, three are just babies, and there are some who claim that this experience might have left them scarred for life.

Sources say that these apes were carried to safety by a group of conservationists working with the Sumatran Orangutan Society.

After rescuing these orangutans back in May 2012, this green-oriented group wished to emphasize the fact that, as a direct result of these apes having their natural habitats destroyed, many end up suffering from starvation.

This is because rather than finding food when they go out looking for it, they stumble upon palm oil plantations that have nothing to offer them.

As strange as this may seem, the company who ordered that these orangutans’ homes be bulldozed are supposedly quite keen on sustainable development, and have even promised at one point that they will not destroy these apes' natural habitat while looking to expand their plantations.

According to Daily Mail, the Sumatran Orangutan Society now wishes to sue this company, known as PT. Sisirau, hoping that its managers will have no choice but to take responsibility for their actions.

Speaking on behalf of said green-oriented group, Director Helen Buckland made a case of how, “The company knows that there are orangutans on their land, the estate manager has even joined the team on rescues, yet the bulldozers continue to tear down the last remaining trees.”

Furthermore, “PT. Sisirau has been a member of the RSPO [the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil] since 2008, but has not been certified as producing sustainable palm oil – and we hope that the evidence released today ensures that they never will be.”