Fri Jan 27, 2012, 01:38 PM

dipsydoodle (24,136 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her daughter as ruthless Borneo bounty hunters move in for the

As bounty hunters with bush knives entrapped them in a circle and moved in for the kill, the only thing this mother orang-utan could think to do was to wrap a giant protective arm around her daughter.

The pair seemed to be facing a certain death as a gang of hunters surrounded them in Borneo, keen to cash in on the palm oil plantations' bid to be ride of the animals.

But, happily, a team from the British-based international animal rescue group Four Paws arrived in time to stop the slaughter and saved their lives.

The pregnant mother and daughter were captured and moved to a remote and safe area of the rainforest and released back into the wild - but not before the mother was equipped with a radio device so she and her young can be tracked to ensure they remain safe.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092722/Pregnant-orang-utan-hugs-daughter-bounty-hunters-Borneo-in.html#ixzz1kgXxXhsX

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Pregnant orang-utan protectively hugs her daughter as ruthless Borneo bounty hunters move in for the (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Jan 27	OP
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Jan 27	#1
That's a very very powerful image.	Lawlbringer	Jan 27	#2
indeed.	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 27	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	Occupy_2012	Jan 27	#5
by in large I agree.	Joe Shlabotnik	Jan 28	#6
Good GOD!	a la izquierda	Jan 28	#9
+1. nt	bemildred	Jan 27	#3
That was so heartbreaking.	Beacool	Jan 28	#7
The palm oil industry is the biggest threat to orangs and their habitat	jmondine	Jan 28	#8
Shared on social media.	ProfessionalLeftist	Jan 28	#10
I'm sick of mean people.	Hotler	Jan 29	#11
!!!!!!!!!!!!	Odin2005	Jan 29	#12

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 01:45 PM

xchrom (71,869 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. Du rec. Nt

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 02:33 PM

Lawlbringer (139 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. That's a very very powerful image.

I am literally sitting here in tears.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:46 PM

Joe Shlabotnik (603 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

4. indeed.

Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:47 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I almost skipped past the story because some days I just can't take anymore stories of barbarity at the hands of humans. Be it factory farming, poachers, puppy mills, domestic cruelty, exploitation of the environment etc. One can only take so much, and its a crushing feeling that there is little, that one person can instantly or directly do to help.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 12:07 AM

Joe Shlabotnik (603 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. by in large I agree.

Last edited Sat Jan 28, 2012, 12:08 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

On a side note, and I could be mistaken, but I don't think many Japanese would have a firearm handy, and the disposition to have just shot the cow and calf, (theoretically, what I would have done). Just as well for not posting a link, daily reminders of our own depravity are readily evident.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 10:54 AM

a la izquierda (5,705 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. Good GOD!

Makes me wonder when Gaia is going to shake off us fleas once and for all.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012, 02:45 PM

bemildred (60,546 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. +1. nt

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:05 AM

Beacool (16,641 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. That was so heartbreaking.

Thank goodness that members of Four Paws were there to rescue them. Unfortunately, many more have perished and will continue to do so thanks to the ignorance and greed of human beings.

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Sat Jan 28, 2012, 10:40 AM

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