Humans have become incredibly entitled when it comes to how we interact with animals.
We kidnap animals and rip them away from their families so that we can stick them in a glass enclosure and gawk at them. We get our hands on animals to sell them into the illegal wildlife trade where they will become tourists props or lonely and abused pets. And we infiltrate lush, biodiverse forests where animals are living in peace and make them feel like trespassers in their own home. The palm oil industry actually does all three of these things, and considering that palm oil can be found in 50 percent of all consumer goods, this industry has a lot of reason to stay in business. In Indonesia, iIt’s currently estimated that around 300 football fields of rainforest are leveled to make way for palm oil plantations every hour.
This horrific act of destruction leaves hundreds of animals, mostly elephants and orangutans, without a home. Without the protection their natural habitat used to provide, these animals become increasingly susceptible to poaching. This not only robs adult elephants of their lives, but it leaves baby elephants orphaned. And sadly, unless a rescue organization steps in to help, the babies usually die trying to fend for themselves. Recently, photojournalist Paul Hilton came across the story of a baby elephant named Agum. Agum is a Sumatran elephant whose mother died after “trespassing” on a palm oil plantation and ingesting poison. This sweet ellie waited by his mother’s decomposing body for days before he was found and rescued.
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/elephant-orphaned-because-mother-killed-on-palm-oil-plantation/?utm_source=Green+Monster+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=621848a910-NEWSLETTER_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbf62ddf34-621848a910-106919241
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