Take Action: Give Orangutans a Voice

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Dear Friends of the Orangutan, The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK would like your help on behalf of our endangered, red-haired cousins. One of our supporters recently had the idea of sending our YouTube video to her MP and received a prompt response, proof that a simple email can have a significant impact, especially when accompanied by effective imagery. Here is the MPs response to this concerned supporter: Dear Ms McEntee, Thank you for your email. The video is indeed shocking and I agree with you about the importance of conserving the remaining forests in Indonesia and the fears expressed in the film that an unintended consequence of the rush to biofuels has been the destruction of forests to make way for palm oil. Yours sincerely, David Liddington So please do take a moment to copy and paste the short

message below and send it to any of the following: MP for your constituency your MEP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn MP or direct to 10 Downing Street. You can also send the link to family and friends so they can do the same. The more people who do this, the greater the opportunity to make the government sit up and listen and help us help the orangutan. So please, as primates helping primates, together we can make a difference, give the orangutans a voice and ensure they have a future with us in this world. Message to send to your MP, etc: Subject:The demise of a species? Dear [MP's name], I hope you can take a few moments of your day to view the

following footage on YouTube: Borneo Orangutan Survival (

) It is imperative that the situation in Indonesia and Malaysia continues to be kept at the forefront of the political arena, not just for the sake of the orangutan, but for the sake of the rainforests of Borneo, the lungs of the planet, and all the inhabitants, both human and animal, that reside there. Kind regards [Your name] (If you are in another country, please send to the appropriate representatives in your area.) Michelle Desilets, Director Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UKwww.savetheorangutan.org.uk"Primates Helping Primates"NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: info

 

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Hi Michelle,

 

 

 

I wonder whether you have told the people that you have been sending this

video that the shooting of the orangutan is actually not real and done by

staff of BOSF to show how this is done and not actual real footage? I think

it is a great video (as far as I remember made by Alain Compost about 5-6

years ago) and it sends a clear message, but shouldn't people know that the

shooting of the orangutan is not actual real footage? I see lots of very

upset people's reactions on the web about it and feel people should be told

that these hunters are actors and the blood is paint. It won't make it less

hard but gives more credibility on the longer term i.m.h.o.

 

 

 

Second point is that sending these clips to British MP's won't really help

much in my opinion. Why not bombard the real targets; the Indonesian MP's,

cabinet-members and the Indonesian people? Sure palm oil is a very big

threat to the forests of Borneo and the orangutan, but the illegal trade in

orangutans for entertainment in Asia is still continuing at the same time.

It is all in the hands of the Indonesian government and people. I think it

is there is where you have to make the change.

 

 

 

Edwin Wiek

 

Wildlife Rescue Team

 

WFFT Thailand

 

 

 

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Michelle Desilets

Saturday, 08 March, 2008 17:45

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Take Action: Give Orangutans a Voice

 

 

 

Dear Friends of the Orangutan,

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK would like your help on behalf

of our endangered, red-haired cousins. One of our supporters recently had

the idea of sending our YouTube video to her MP and received a prompt

response, proof that a simple email can have a significant impact,

especially when accompanied by effective imagery. Here is the MPs response

to this concerned supporter:

Dear Ms McEntee,

 

Thank you for your email.

The video is indeed shocking and I agree with you about the importance of

conserving the remaining forests in Indonesia and the fears expressed in the

film that an unintended consequence of the rush to biofuels has been the

destruction of forests to make way for palm oil.

Yours sincerely,

 

David Liddington

So please do take a moment to copy and paste the short message below and

send it to any of the following:

MP for your constituency

your MEP

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn MP

or direct to 10 Downing Street.

You can also send the link to family and friends so they can do the same.

The more people who do this, the greater the opportunity to make the

government sit up and listen and help us help the orangutan.

So please, as primates helping primates, together we can make a difference,

give the orangutans a voice and ensure they have a future with us in this

world.

 

 

Message to send to your MP, etc:

Subject:The demise of a species?

 

Dear [MP's name],

 

I hope you can take a few moments of your day to view the following footage

on YouTube:

 

Borneo Orangutan Survival

(http://www.youtube. <

com/watch?v=oxioapZ1nww)

 

It is imperative that the situation in Indonesia and Malaysia continues to

be kept at the forefront of the political arena, not just for the sake of

the orangutan, but for the sake of the rainforests of Borneo, the lungs of

the planet, and all the inhabitants, both human and animal, that reside

there.

 

Kind regards

 

[Your name]

(If you are in another country, please send to the appropriate

representatives in your area.)

 

 

Michelle Desilets, Director

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK

www.savetheorangutan.org.uk

" Primates Helping Primates "

 

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: info@savetheorangut

<info%40savetheorangutan.org.uk> an.org.uk

 

 

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