Guest guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Orangutan of the Month: Adopt Madsen in March http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/?page_id=749 & product_id=33 From Madsen's Story: " The fifth village was our destination. It looked almost like the others but with bigger houses and a few more people around. We asked for Ibu Bowo... just down the road. A woman with a towel around her head and a sarong stood in front of a small house with some kids around. I asked for Ibu Bowo... it was her. I asked about the orangutan. She smiled and nodded. Perhaps she thought I wanted to buy it. When I told her who I was, her face changed and she told me she had just sold it. Fortunately the kids came to my rescue. " The monkey with the red hair or the grey one? " they asked. The red of course. One of the kids went off, obviously not having heard his mother telling me she had sold it. And minutes later appearing with a tiny infant orangutan screaming at the top of his lungs. The kid was only holding the infant by its hands and in front of him, perhaps so the orangutan could not pee on him. And the poor little thing was terrified. I grabbed him quickly and he hung on to my shirt for dear life. Finally someone who would hold him like his mother had done.... " Michelle Desilets, Director Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK www.savetheorangutan.org.uk " Primates Helping Primates " NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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