Orang Utans are Burnt to Death :(

Source: Orang utans burnt to death in Indonesia

Three female orang utans, including a baby, were burnt to death in central Indonesia after being caught in a fire believed to have been started illegally to clear land for farming. The charred bodies of the endangered Bornean orang utans, believed to be a mother and her two daughters, were discovered among fire-blackened remains of trees, their limbs outstretched and grimaces of pain on their faces. They were found in Bontang, in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, close to Kutai National Park. No one has been arrested yet, but if convicted, a perpetrator could face up to five years in jail for breaking wildlife protection laws. Environmental group the Centre for Orang utan Protection (COP), believe the fire was illegally started by a farmer to clear a small area of land for cultivation. Slash-and-burn forest clearance, mostly to make way for palm oil plantations, is common across Indonesia and environmentalists say it has contributed to the destruction of many endangered species’ natural habitats. It was also blamed for causing huge forest fires that cloaked Southeast Asia in acrid smog last year. Many orang utans had to be rescued from the blazes.

COP carried out an autopsy on the apes after they were discovered last month. The group found they were all female, and aged around 20, 10, and less than one year. Protection group the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the Bornean orang utan as endangered. Besides destruction of their habitats for agriculture, the primates face other threats. They are sometimes targeted by villagers who view them as pests, and caught by poachers who want to sell them as pets.

In this undated picture taken late on February 2016, shows the bodies of an adult (L) and a baby (C) orangutans after a forest fire at Kutai National Park in Bontang, East Kalimantan province.






Personal Reflection:
It's so ironic that we (human) are so cruel I mean SO cruel, the bible told us to take care of the world and what I got here they (the farmer) don't even care at all, they just care about themselves and their life without knowing some creatures are suffering from what they've done. I hope from this article the readers, whoever you are, could help to stop this.. Or at least, try to protect the utans by not destroying their habitats or even kill them. We live with them, we had the command, we have to respect them and their life, even though they're sometimes disturbing just scare them and they're likely to move away. If you don't want them to be in your land, just fence your land, not to kill.