BOS
BOS (Borneo Orangutan Survival)is an NGO trying to rescue the last remaining orangutans, mankinds close relatives. The word `orangutans`, stands for “man of the forest” in Indonesian. According to a legend, the orangutans are humans that pretend not to speak in order to avoid being forced to work. The orangutans live high up in the trees on Borneo/Kalimantan and a few in Sumatra. Of once millions of orangutans, only about 60 000 thousand are still alive, and if the destruction of their habitat continues, they will be extinct in some years. BOS tries to secure some safe habitats for them. They collect orangutans found for instance in the palm oil plantations, cure them, if needed (many carry human diseases or are hurt from bad treatment) and step-by-step release them to their new homes.
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