When we aren't torturing each other, we get our kicks torturing animals

[JohnyCanuck]

God almighty, it's hard to believe human beings can be this heartless and cruel.

Endangered orang-utans in Indonesian Borneo are suffering routine physical abuse when they stray into palm oil plantations, say wildlife groups and campaigners in the region. Poor migrant workers, often encouraged by the offer of extra pay from rainforest loggers, trap the animals and beat them to death.

Wildlife rescue centres in Indonesia are overflowing with displaced and injured orang-utans, many of which have suffered horrific injuries at the hands of their captors, says the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS). In a particularly cruel killing, a male was buried alive, and in another an orang-utan was doused in petrol by rainforest loggers and set alight.

"Orang-utans are particularly resilient animals and hard to kill," said Michelle Desilets, director of BOS UK. "Sometimes they are shot but more often than not they are killed with machetes or beaten to death."

Iolo Williams, a wildlife expert who recently returned from the region, said he went to a rescue centre near the Kalimantan Rainforest in Indonesian Borneo where he saw baby orang-utans who had had their hands cut off as they clung to their mothers. "What I saw was horrendous. Coming back from Borneo made me doubt if there was any hope for mankind".

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

[I Have A Dream]

1. That really is so sad. I wonder if humanity will ever get past getting...

enjoyment from seeing suffering. Certainly not in our lifetime. :cry:

[Peggy Day]

2. This makes me glad that we don't live forever in this lifetime nt