Heartbreaking Scenes As Orangutan Attempts To Fight Off Digger From Destroying Its Natural Habitat

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David Attenborough is famed for his award-winning documentaries on the natural world. His latest release includes heartbreaking footage of an Orangutan attempting to stop a digger from destroying its habitat.

Orangutans are under extreme threat from the palm oil industry. The industry destroys huge areas of the Orangutans natural habitat in order to make room for the palms to be planted. Palm oil is found in a broad range of everyday household products from soap to biscuits it can be difficult to avoid, but the industry is responsible for the horrific destruction of forests in South East Asia where the Orangutans live.

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We share 97% of our DNA with Orangutans. They are highly intelligent, emotional creatures, capable of feeling and forming relationships. They are starving and dying because of the destruction of their habitats.

It is easy to imagine these animals have little to no comprehension of the threat the palm oil industry poses to them, but this recent footage shows that they very much understand how these machines will destroy their homes and endanger their lives.

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In the footage released by the BBC, an Orangutan approaches a digger that is tearing down the trees the Orangutans inhabit. The Orangutan proceeds to swing at the digger, vainly attempting to stop it from destroying the forest.

Clearly, the animals are aware of how much pain and suffering these cruel machines impose.

I just can’t understand why more isn’t being done about this! There’s so much money in the world that could help to solve this! There are surely alternatives to palm oil that don’t require this level of cruelty?!

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Here we can see a mother Orangutan starving because her habitat has been destroyed for palm oil. It is heartbreaking to see these beautiful creatures reduced to skin and bone because of man’s appalling greed.

Attenborough’s Climate Change: The Facts aired the sad footage last night and since then thousands upon thousands of people have expressed via Twitter just how upsetting they found the footage, with many vowing to exclude palm oil/avoid palm oil as best they could.

Which is great news! It must make documentary makers like Attenborough so hopeful when people commit to a change as a result of their film-making and reporting! Although a few people making promises on Twitter won’t solve the problem completely, every little helps!

Small changes from each of us can have a huge, collective difference!

At the end of the clip, the Orangutan is shooed away by those working the digger and helping to destroy the forest for palm oil production, whilst it’s easy to reprimand those doing the damage we’ve got to remember that they’re just the messengers! It’s the big companies and our shopping choices that are doing this to the world and its beautiful creatures!

It’s up to you! Help the Orangutans!

Watch the full footage here, LADbible.

Are these images enough to make you avoid buying palm oil products? I hope so! Please remember to shop as wisely as you can and share your thoughts on this subject in the comments below! AAx

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