LETTER/ 100+ Orangutans Stolen From The Wild

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LETTER/ 100+ Orangutans Stolen From The Wild-

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Monday, January 16, 2006 11:50 PM

LETTER/ 100+ Orangutans Stolen From The Wild

 

 

1/16/06--100+ Orangutans Stolen From The Wild

KINSHIP CIRCLE LETTER CAMPAIGN

http://www.KinshipCircle.org

 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

Michelle Desilets, Director, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK

http://www.savetheorangutan.org.uk

http://www.sendthembackhome.org/default002.html

 

Palm oil industry blamed for abuse of orang-utans, By Jerome Taylor

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article336050.ec

 

Thailand National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

http://www.dnp.go.th/National_park.asp

 

FROM ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL FOUNDATION: If you do not receive a reply within a

few days, please resend emails every day until you do - this is very

important as the Thai government banks on people losing interest. P.S.

Public pressure does work. Malaysia sent 6 Sumatran orangutans back to

Sumatra last week. By all means ask friends to write as well. The orangutan

situation in Thailand is desperate.

 

PETITION: Bring me home...

Repatriation of orangutans from Bangkok Safari World

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/822035733?ltl=1121612391

 

Mark overseas letters " Air Mail " and affix 80 cents postage.

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION

**Sample Letter & Email Block Follow**

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H.E. Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand Prime Minister

Government House, Thanon Nakhon Fathom

Dusit Bangkok 10300, Thailand

 

Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department

Rama VI Road, Soi 30, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

ph: (66-2) 618-2323 ext. 1700; fax: (66-2) 618-2358

 

National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

61 Phahonyothin Road, Ladyaow, Jatuchak

Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Mr. Damrong Phidet, Director General: dg

Mr. Schwann Tunikorn, Deputy Director General: schwann

 

Royal Thai Embassy in the United States, H.E. Mr. Kasit Piromya

1024 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 401; Washington, D.C. 20007

ph: 202-944-3600; fax: 202-944-3611; info, thai.wsn

Tourism Authority of Thailand: ttny, tatla

Permanent Mission of Thailand To The United Nations Office: thaun

 

Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa, Canada

180 Island Park Drive; Ottawa, Ontario K1Y OA2

ph: 613-722-4444; fax: 613-722-6624; thaiott

 

Royal Thai Embassy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1-3 Yorkshire House, Grosvenor Crescent; London SWIX7EBP

ph: (0171) 259--5051, 259-5005; fax: (0171) 235-9808; thai

 

FOR THAI EMBASSIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES, TRY:

http://thaifirms.tripod.com/address/general/address_thaiembassy01.htm

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/th.html

 

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ALL EMAILS IN THIS ALERT + SAMPLE LETTER

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EMAIL BLOCK - OFFICES RELATED TO PRIME MINISTER, TOURISM, THAI EMBASSIES

webmaster, prforeign, webmaster,

webmaster, consumer, info,

thai.wsn, ttny, tatla, thaun,

thaiott, thai, thaiduto

 

EMAIL BLOCK - THAI NATIONAL PARKS, WILDLIFE & PLANT CONSERVATION DEPT.

dg, schwann, ddg_admin,

ddg_enforcement, ddg_technical, ssdnp,

ig, iau, asdu, cao, dwffp,

lad, fpfco, pio, pardo,

fpcro, wcmo, wco, npo,

paro1, paro2, paro3, Paro4,

Paro5, Paro6, Paro7, Paro8,

Paro9, Paro10, Paro11, Paro12,

Paro13, Paro14, Paro15, Paro16,

parob1, parob3, parob6, parob13,

parob16

 

Honorable Officials of Thailand:

 

I join the global community of animal welfare and conservation groups

opposed to the unlawful custody of more than 100 orangutans indigenous to

Indonesia. I ask Thai officials to return these animals for rehabilitation

and release into the wild. Indonesian wildlife centers and funding are

available to negotiate this transaction right now.

 

I am distressed to learn black-market dealers and trading groups seize

critically endangered orangutans to exploit at Thai theme parks, zoos, and

farms. Orangutans, endemic to Sumatra and Borneo, are not commodities to box

and ship to places like Bangkok Safari World for use in kickboxing

exhibitions. The staged fights feature two costumed orangutans dueling it

out, as a bikini-clad chimpanzee totes cards.

 

The orangutan is a remarkably intelligent creature who does not belong in an

amusement park. As you are likely aware, poachers ransack Indonesian jungles

where orangutans are protected under a presidential decree enacted in the

1930s. Mother orangutans are gunned down with their tiny babies left

clinging to their bodies. Many of young animals do not survive. A dead

female adult also marks the loss of four or five more babies she would have

parented during her lifetime.

 

In September 2003 and July 2004, a Thai and Indonesian government inspection

of Safari World uncovered 115 orangutans, most constrained in squalid,

cramped conditions. Many were not registered with authorities. Safari World

claims a breeding program produced the orangutans, yet the

disproportionately higher number of young orangutans to adults renders this

claim implausible. As experts await DNA test results, many conclude Safari

World's orangutans are from Indonesian Borneo rather than captive breeding.

Thailand, a CITES signatory, needs to abide by CITES regulations regarding

illegal trafficking in orangutans.

 

As a potential tourist, I am uncomfortable visiting Thailand until animal

trafficking laws are vigorously enforced. Please investigate, prosecute and

penalize wildlife dealers to the fullest extent under Thai law. In addition,

please confiscate illegally acquired orangutans from Safari World and other

Thai commercial venues for rehabilitation and release in Indonesia. Finally,

I advocate a permanent ban on the use of orangutans in kickboxing matches.

 

I eagerly await your response to my letter. Thank you for your time and

consideration.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

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