Topeka Zoo To Mark Orangutan Week

The Topeka Zoo invites people to learn about orangutans during International Orangutan Awareness Week, November 8-15th.

Topeka (WIBW) – They’re the red-headed, swinging sweethearts of the Topeka Zoo, and, next week, the world is asked to learn about them and the rest of their species.

The Topeka Zoo invites people to learn about orangutans during International Orangutan Awareness Week, November 8-15th.

The zoo will have a special display in the Asian section of the Discovering Apes Building from 10 am to 4 pm each day. Participants will learn about the dwindling wild orangutan population, and what they can do to make a difference.

The Topeka Zoos Bornean orangutan family includes: Rayma, who celebrated her fourth birthday on April 5th, along with her mother, Rudy 23, Daisy Mae, 43, Lena 27 and father Mawas 20.

The week long display will focus on the decreasing wild orangutan population caused by poaching, illegal pet trade in orangutans, habitat destruction by loggers destroying their natural habitat in the rain forest islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Research indicates that orangutans may become extinct in the wild by 2025 unless dramatic steps are not taken to reduce the illegal taking of orangutans for the pet trade, poaching and habitat destruction on both islands.

Source: http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/69434802.html

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