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ADOPT AN ORANGUTAN
Wild orangutans are under threat from habitat loss due to logging, palm oil production, mining, and agricultural expansion. Deforestation is by far the most serious threat to orangutans and, over the last three decades, an estimated 80% of orangutan habitat has been lost.
Other threats to orangutans include illegal hunting for meat, and capture for the exotic pet trade.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR ORANGUTAN ADOPTION
Help protect orangutans in the wild with an animal adoption and you’ll receive an exclusive adoption pack containing all of these items…
SOFT TOY
Your own cuddly toy orangutan to keep at home.
Toy may vary from one shown.
ADOPTION PACK
Including a personalised certificate, animal story, fact sheet and glossy photo to display.
ADOPT MAGAZINE
A copy of our bi-annual Adopt magazine with exclusive updates.
Adoptions last one year (those paid monthly by direct debit roll over until cancelled).
ADOPTING AN ORANGUTAN WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT
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Support the Orangutan Foundation which focuses on orangutan protection and conservation
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Protect orangutans from exploitation
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Continue to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat
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Patrol national parks and run guard posts to keep out hunters
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Rescue orangutans and release them back into the wild
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Promote research and education on the plight of the orangutan
HOW TO ADOPT AN ORANGUTAN
Help us bring orangutans back from the edge of extinction with an animal adoption. It couldn’t be easier:
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Step 1: Select the amount you want to pay by Direct Debit each month: £3, £5 or £10 or if you prefer a one-off payment you can choose to donate any amount from £36
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Step 2: Fill out your adoption details including the name on the certificate and the start date
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Step 3: Compete your billing & delivery details
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Step 4: Enter your payment details. You can pay by card or PayPal
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Step 5: Sit back and wait for your adoption pack to arrive at your designated address (3 working days within the UK)
WHY ACTION IS NEEDED TO HELP SAVE ORANGUTANS TODAY
There are three different species of orangutan, and all are balancing on the brink of extinction: classed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN’s Red List.
The Tapanuli orangutan were a major discovery in 2017, however they now face a serious threat to their long-term survival thanks to a devastating reduction in forest habitat, and the proposed construction of a hydroelectric dam which will flood the forest. Tapanuli numbers would be at even greater risk of extinction if the project goes ahead.
All three species of orangutan face the prospect of uncertain futures from human activity, causing fragmented and degraded habitats, and animal suffering due to exploitation. However, with your support, there are projects that are having a direct impact. The Orangutan Foundation supports all species by focusing on conserving their habitats, and rescuing individual animals for release back into the place they rightfully belong.
ADOPTION PACK DELIVERY INFORMATION
We will process and send your order within 3 working days, and would normally expect it to arrive within 7 working days to addresses within the UK. All UK orders are sent via Royal Mail 2nd class delivery. Please allow 28 days for delivery on overseas orders. Please note – we cannot hold orders for delivery on a specific date.
Orders do not need to be signed for, but come in a box which won’t fit through the letterbox so you will need to be available to accept the delivery. A card will be left if you’re unavailable.
ADOPTING AN ORANGUTAN AS A GIFT?
The adoption certificate can be personalised with the name of your choice, and delivery arranged to a separate address.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR ORANGUTAN ADOPTION?
Call our customer support team on 01403 240170.
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ADOPTING AN ORANGUTAN WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT
Funds from your adoption will support the Orangutan Foundation’s vital conservation work to protect the Central Kalimantan province and sanctuary, and to safeguard the future of the precious orangutans who live there. Your adoption will also support our campaign against the illegal trade in bushmeat, from apes and other threatened species, and our campaign in opposition of the live trade in apes. You can help protect wild orangutans by adopting Timtom below.
Your money will go directly to supporting little Timtom, who now lives the life she deserves thanks to the efforts of this organisation. The Orangutan Foundation focuses exclusively on orangutan protection and conservation. With our assistance, alongside other partners, hundreds of rescued orphans have been released into a protected reserve, and millions of acres of habitat have been conserved.
Every one of these cousins of ours, these people of the forest, is one of us. They are in great danger. All that can be done to save them must be done. Look into Timtom’s eyes. She needs you. So let’s do all we can. We owe her that. It’s we who have caused her and all orangutans so much harm. Let’s right our wrongs.Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE
Your money will help:
Protect orangutans from exploitation
Continue to conserve hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat
Patrol national parks and run guard posts to keep out hunters
Rescue orangutans and release them back into the wild
Work with local communities
Promote research and education on the plight of the orangutan.
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