Depressing Video Shows Orangutan Trying To Save His Home From Bulldozers

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This video will break your heart because it shows the devastating impact of deforestation on wildlife. The dramatic footage captures an orangutan that seems as if he is trying to fight off a bulldozer razing his home to the ground in the middle of a forest. Deforestation is taking place at an astonishing pace in Indonesia and that is having some profound implications.

Ape against machine

The bulldozer can be seen to be pulling down trees in the orangutan’s natural habitat and as it does so the ape frantically tries to confront the machine in a bid to find sanctuary. The video was posted by on social media by International Animal Rescue which is an organisation dedicated to animal welfare and was meant to mark the occasion of World Environment Day.

Please do something to stop the destruction

The organisation made a plea to protect the habitat of orangutans and said that deforestation has caused their populations to plunge. The organisation added that habitats are being destroyed with orangutans being left to simply starve and die. The NGO is urging people who see the video to plant trees and help protect orangutan habitats.