100 years ago the number of orangutans were estimated to be around the 230,000, but now that number has dropped drastically. There are only thought to be 54,000 Bornean orangutans left, and 6,600 Sumatran orangutans remaining. Which makes a total of 60,600 orangutans left in existence. With the population suffering from a 75% drop in just 100 years, the rate of decline is unsustainable and the orangutans are in grave danger of ceasing to exist. This is all due to illegal poaching, trading, and land clearing in places where the orangutans use to run wild and free. However, The Orangutan Project sends over $400,000 a year to protect this release site and fund the release camp. This is only possible through the generous support of our donors and
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Cocks has come to the conclusion that because of “human activities” ("Save Forest.") there has been a huge decrease in the orangutan population. Leif Cocks has put together an organization called “The Orangutan Project” that promotes everything that Cocks has encountered and taken note of while on his journey to the forests. Websites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have promoted the orangutan project as well. On instragram, an account posted a photo of an orangutan, and it was captioned, “This precious little girl was traumatised and in terrible physical condition when she was rescued in 2009. She had a fearful, haunted look in her eyes, a distended belly and sparse, thin hair. The team at the SOCP Quarantine Centre worked tirelessly to save Wenda’s life. Wenda hung on. Almost reluctantly. With intensive nursing care and the companionship of another special orangutan named Chaka, Wenda turned a corner and found a spark for life.”("Instagram Photo by TOP”.) As well as on Facebook, an account posted a shout-out to The Orangutan Project website, and it said how a grandmother adopted Gokong (an orangutan) for her grandson two years ago and again last year for his birthday present. The grandmother explained how she shall be doing the same for his 12 birthday in October! “He is totally in love with him!” the grandmother
Cocks has come to the conclusion that because of “human activities” ("Save Forest.") there has been a huge decrease in the orangutan population. Leif Cocks has put together an organization called “The Orangutan Project” that promotes everything that Cocks has encountered and taken note of while on his journey to the forests. Websites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have promoted the orangutan project as well. On instragram, an account posted a photo of an orangutan, and it was captioned, “This precious little girl was traumatised and in terrible physical condition when she was rescued in 2009. She had a fearful, haunted look in her eyes, a distended belly and sparse, thin hair. The team at the SOCP Quarantine Centre worked tirelessly to save Wenda’s life. Wenda hung on. Almost reluctantly. With intensive nursing care and the companionship of another special orangutan named Chaka, Wenda turned a corner and found a spark for life.”("Instagram Photo by TOP”.) As well as on Facebook, an account posted a shout-out to The Orangutan Project website, and it said how a grandmother adopted Gokong (an orangutan) for her grandson two years ago and again last year for his birthday present. The grandmother explained how she shall be doing the same for his 12 birthday in October! “He is totally in love with him!” the grandmother