In Lombard Street, in the centre of Abingdon, there is a Charity that takes you into the heart of the Sumatran rain forest.
Sumatra has lost a lot of its tropical rainforest through deforestation. One of the many species that is endangered is the Orangutan. The SOS Orangutans organisation want people to ‘Help us protect orangutans in the wild, where they belong.’
Visit https://www.orangutans-sos.org/ to see how people in Abingdon can help Orangutans in Sumatra.
Thankyou to Sumatran Orangutans Society – SOS – for the images taken by Andrew Walmsley.
Who’d have thought that such a lovely animal is represented in little old Abingdon!
They are extraordinarily attractive. In zoos they look sad (depressed); in the wild, they are just lovely. I must go to the SOS group and find out more.
Thanks for this post, Alistair.
Thank you so much for posting about SOS!
If people are interested in discovering more about Orang Utan SoS, they are exhibiting at the Family Science Fair at this year’s ATOM! festival. There will also be loads of other hands on activities activities for people to do as well as finding out about our orange furry friends.
The event is free and runs from 11-3 on Sunday 24th March at the Yang science Centre in Abingdon School.