Did you know that #coronavirus has the potential to endanger the last great apes, and our orphan orangutans may be at risk 🦧?
All free-living apes are already at the brink of extinction (due to habitat loss, hunting and human encroachment). Although much is still unknown about the coronavirus, scientists fear that COVID-19 could prove lethal to non-human apes, due to their abundant similarities with humans.
The FOUR PAWS rehabilitation programme for rescued orangutan orphans is necessarily much different FOUR PAWS’ other sanctuaries, especially since the young apes still need intimate body contact. This poses an increased risk. Our primatologist, Dr Signe Preuschoft, explains the special precautions put in place to protect our eight orphans at our ORANGUTAN FOREST SCHOOL.
The health of our rescued animals is of utmost importance to us, and we will do everything in our power to protect them from the coronavirus. Please help us to protect them ➡️ http://bit.ly/Orangutan-forest-school
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