Orangutans are highly intelligent and 97% genetically similar to humans. Their forests in Indonesia and Malaysia are being destroyed for palm oil plantations, threatening the orangutan population. While palm oil could be grown on purchased land, companies choose to clear cut forests for economic reasons, prioritizing profits over protecting orangutans. Auckland Zoo is working to raise awareness about palm oil's role in deforestation and encourages avoiding products containing palm oil or related ingredients to help orangutans.

1. Sales come first and the truth comes second…

2. Palm oil!!! Orangutans forests are being cut down for palm oil plantations!

3. Orangutans are 97 % human

4. Orangutans are intelligent, beautiful and like hiding under things! But…

5. They are dying out!Their forests are being destroyed (cut down) because of palm oil plantations.People who are doing this do have a choice of planting the palm oil in the forest, where it would kill off the orangutans or planting the palm oil on bought land.These people only plant on the rain forest because of the money, (It costs less) and could just as easily have planted on bought land. But because it is more expensive, they choose not to.

6. They (people who are cutting down rainforest) are only thinking for themselves and the money, or in other words they are thinking about themselves and not the orangutan. As for me I think of the orangutans as humans not animals. As I said before, the orangutans are 97% human. The reason it is causing so much trouble is because of the palm oil.

7. Auckland Zoo.Auckland zoo are doing the best they can to stop people from buying products with palm oil in them. They themselves have one orangutan named Janie, who, is you could say so amazingly like a human you could swear Janie was an human in a suit! She carries a baby toy phone every where and even watches T.V! This is hard to believe but she is the second oldest orangutan in the world! Wow and wow again! They are so human! Second oldest! You help saving the orangutans by looking for products containing these things.

8. Things to look out forPalm oil kernelAnything containing the word “palmitate” or “palmate”Elaeis guineensis. (scientific word for palm oil)Hydrated palm glyceridesHexadecanoic or palmitic acid.Vegetable oilAnything containing the words “ stearate, stearyl”

9. Anything containing the words “cetyl, cetearyl”Sodium lauryl sulphateSodium laureth sulphateSodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS or NaDS)Sodium stearoyl lactylateCalcium stearoyl lactylateSteareth-2 steareth-20

10. Emulsifier 422, 430-36, 465-67, 470-8, 481-483, 493-5, 570Thank you for helping!

11. Thank you!!