Leif Cocks: The Plight of Orangutans and the Fight for the Last Scraps of the Rainforest
"If you really do understand science and persons - such as humans and orangutans, you must realize that that love is certainly not unscientific thing to give." -Leif Cocks
In December, I spent ten days in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Central Sumatra. I was there with Leif Cocks, the founder of The Orangutan Project and hundreds of orangutans.
We were deep in the rainforest, surrounded by all the sounds of the jungle, no phone, no wifi, no shower aside from a bucket. And even though I didn't see any tigers, they were there, as were monkeys, gibbons, elephants, spotted leopards, mouse deer…
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