unite for the unique ape: pet?????one of the threat....

As you are reading the title today,i'm sure that you can't believe there are people that will actually buy orang utan as a pet.Well,so do i!Wild orangutan numbers are affected by the illegal pet trade - particularly the baby. For every baby that makes it to the backstreet markets of Bangkok or Taiwan another two have perished.Most infants do not survive the harsh journey to market in Jakarta, Bali or other international locations due to poor care, disease, injury, and psychological trauma. For every orphan that reaches market, it is estimated some 6-8 orangutans died as a consequence of the inhumane means of capture, transport, and care.This seriously sadden me.Human can be too scary and mean sometimes.Though infant orangutans are extremely cute, they make very bad pets. All wild animals quickly outgrow being dependent, cuddly infants and grow into dangerous and unmanageable, very strong adults, completely unsuitable as pets.Easier access to to the orang utan habitat also leads to increased hunting of orangutans for meat, babies, skulls or, more recently for orangutan penises.(eww.seriously!).For orang utans, the situation is further complicated by their comparatively slow reproduction and maturity rate.Reproduction is also affected by the too little food. When food supplies dwindle so too does the orangutan's reproduction rate. As a result their numbers decline possibly becoming too low for the orangutans to survive in the long term!Pause and think what we,human did to them!