On Monday, Jan. 19, the winning name "Ginger" was unveiled by the orangutan family at a baby shower with animal enrichment activities at Jungle of the Apes.The Zoo's Great Ape care team chose a few potential female names — Marigold, Lucy, Cranberry and Ginger — and invited the public to vote for their favorites.Ginger won with 29,734 votes (43.9 percent) of the total votes cast at the Zoo's website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, or through ballots submitted at the Zoo's North Entrance Welcome Desk and postcards mailed directly to the Zoo.Runner-up Lucy received 22,895 votes (33.8 percent); Marigold received 9,918 votes (14.7 percent); and Cranberry received 5,151 votes (7.6 percent).Both orangutan species, one endemic to Borneo, the other endemic to Sumatra, are highly endangered due to an alarming rate of habitat loss.
St. Louis – The St. Louis Zoo's latest addition is a baby Sumatran orangutan.
She came to St. Louis in 1992.
"Prior to the birth, Merah's caretakers had conditioned her to allow voluntary ultrasound examinations by the Saint Louis Zoo veterinarians; these examinations allowed the team to proactively monitor the health and development of the baby during gestation. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Orangutan Species Survival Plan (SSP) recommended the birth as part of its role in creating a sustainable managed population for this critically endangered species. Merah came to St. Louis from the Miami Metro Zoo, where in 1984 she became a mother to Talu, now deceased.
Orangutans are in trouble in the wild. Palm oil plantations are responsible for the clearing of hundreds of thousands of acres of orangutan habitat.
The zoo says fewer than 125,000 orangutans remain in the wild.Copyright 2019 Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC. 1:05. All A total of 67,698 votes were submitted through multiple channels for the Zoo's Name the Baby Orangutan poll, which ran from Jan. 6-16, 2015. Instead of using already cleared land, some companies choose to cut down healthy rainforest and use the profits to fund the planting of new plantations. She was born in the Netherlands and became a first-time mother in 1982 to Badut, now deceased. In 1997, a devastating fire killed almost 8,000 orangutans in Borneo.The increased demand for palm oil is fueling destruction of the rainforest habitat of Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, pushing those endangered species even closer to extinction.
Two of her children are at the Saint Louis Zoo: 4-year-old Ginger and 14-year-old Rubih. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto Palm oil can be found in many products—even candy! Merah reached the half-century mark Monday. Their forest homes are being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations.
Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. It is mostly grown in Indonesian and Malaysia - the only places on earth where wild orangutans live - although this crop is expanding into Africa and South America.Palm oil plantations are NOT a natural part of the rainforest. This demand is increasing rapidly due to recent trans-fat health concerns and bio-fuel development.Supply and demand pressures are driving the production of palm oil up to an all-time high. She was born May 13, 1969, at a zoo in the Netherlands. Cell phones can be donated at the Welcome Desks at the North and South Entrances during Zoo hours, or mailed to the Saint Louis Zoo, Cell Phone Recycling, One Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110. Republication or distribution of this content is
In 1998, Hutan set up the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Programme, which has long conducted high quality research and conservation activities in Sabah, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo.Proceeds from our Zoo Parents adoption program go to the care and feeding of the animals. ST. LOUIS - A popular animal at the St. Louis Zoo is celebrating a milestone birthday: Merah (MEER'-ah) the Sumatran orangutan is 50 years old. All rights reserved.
This video is unavailable. Most of the money from non-sustainably produced palm oil does not trickle down to local people. Shopping Guides. Orangutans are in trouble in the wild. On certified sustainable plantations and mills, the workers have decent housing and wages as well as schools and health clinics. LOUIS (AP) — A popular animal at the St. Louis Zoo is celebrating a milestone birthday: Merah (MEER’-ah) the Sumatran orangutan is 50 years old.Merah reached the half-century mark Monday.
The father is Cinta (Chin-TA), 10, who came to St. Louis in … Their forest homes are being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations.
After logging rainforest habitat, palm oil companies often use uncontrolled burning to clear the land or peat swamp. Bubble bath spa day for orangutans and chimpanzees at Saint Louis Zoo - Duration: 1:05. stlzootube 9,194 views. Zookeepers were very touched by the generosity of St. Louisans.
She was born May 13, 1969, at a zoo in the Netherlands. Therefore, consumers can't be sure whether or not the palm oil coming from non-RSPO producers has harmed native wildlife, violated the rights of indigenous people or had other negative environmental impacts.The RSPO was formed in 2004 in response to the urgent and pressing global call for sustainably produced palm oil.
The Zoo is NOW OPEN. permissions/licensing, please go to:ST. LOUIS - A popular animal at the St. Louis Zoo is celebrating a milestone birthday: Merah (MEER’-ah) the Sumatran orangutan is 50 years old.Merah reached the half-century mark Monday.
Reservations are required to visit. The 35-year-old mother, Merah, gave birth at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon.
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