The Houston Zoo has supported the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project since 2005 with a primary focus on the orang-utans use of secondary forest. Recently, program co-director Dr. Marc Ancrenaz was interviewed about orangutans and the palm oil issue in Malaysia on the website Mongabay.
The conflict between Palm Oil Industry and the protection of wildlife habitat is a difficult one and has led to PR campaigns on both sides. For the full article, click over to http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0116-orangutans.html.
If you would like to help protect orang-utans and elephants in the wild, join us on March 27th for our 4th Pongos Helping Pongos Auction event.
