Dozens of Bananas are Distributed To Campaign Orangutans Rescue

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - Volunteers who are members of Orangufriends Forum distributed dozens of bananas to the community in tourism area of Peace Monument in Padang Municipality, West Sumatra in order to campaign the rescue of orangutans. "The action is motivated by some problems that occur in orangutans such as hunting," Orangufriend Forum Coordinator, Novi Rofika said in Padang on Wednesday. The message to be conveyed in the action, ie orangutans need affection symbolized by bananas, not bulleted with bullets. Orangufriend Forum of Padang is an orangutan volunteer which is assisting the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP). It is an organization focused on conservation and protection of Orangutans in Indonesia. Novi said from the data that has been collected, the cases of poaching orangutans in Indonesia by using air rifles from 2004 recorded as many as 32 cases with a total of 769 bullets. Then the last case that happened some time ago is also very sad, namely the discovery of orangutans in East Kalimantan with 130 bullets lodged in its body. "It is very cruel, for that we want to encourage people to care about the protected animals," she said. Besides, the rescue of orangutans can not be underestimated, besides maintaining its sustainability, it also concerns the assessment of other countries that will form an opinion that Indonesia can not safeguard protected wildlife. In addition to West Sumatra, he said it is not the habitat of orangutans, but people still have to understand how important to preserve wildlife is. (cha) Translator: Vicha Faradika