Sign the online petition: “Stop using palm oil, change it to something else”
http://www.gopetition.com.au/petitions/stop-using-palm-oil.html
Recent discoveries have determined the orangutan species is rapidly declining. This is due to logging in places such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Rainforests are being destroyed and palm oil plantations are established in their place.
An organization under the website, themanoftheforest.com, states the following: “Presently in Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia) and Sumatra the Orangutan population is down to around 69,000.This may initially sound like a fairly large number, but when you discover that we are currently losing 50 Orangutans a week and that at the present rate of killing there will be none left by 2026, you then realize why the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have raised the alarm to an unprecedented level with a new report : “Last Stand of the Orangutan : A State of Emergency”.”
This oil is used in products such as food and Girl Scout cookies manufactured by ABC/Interbake and Little Brownie Baker. Let’s change the ingredient and save the environment.
(Please note this petition is not affiliated with any specific troop or Girl Scout council. It was started by an individual.)
April 7th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Stop the killing of these innocent animals! There must be some other things you could use instead. If you don’t stop, I hope you will not be able to sleep at night.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:11 am
The killing of these beautiful and intelligent animals must stop. If we cannot protect our cousins from this money motivated exploitation of destroying their homes, their habitat, then we may just as well, give up on everything. The human babies being born at this moment, all children, there will be nothing left for them. We are ALL doomed if this carries on and it is about time we ALL realised this before it is too late.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:15 am
The use of palm oil in the manufacture of food which is indeed very harmful to our health must be stopped. There must be an alternative to the use of this saturated fat. Stop the use of palm oil and save the Orangutan’s habitat and the health of the world.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Save these wonderful creatures STOP using palm Oil there are alternatives!!
August 27th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
i cant believe that there are so little comments on this page! humans can be very selfish, as we do not need this product we should be using products that do not cause harm to any animal! i believe we should make our oppinion louder and actually heard so this aweful process is stopped!