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The conservation story of Orangutans | Leif Cocks (The Orangutan Project)
Did you know that Orangutans are the most intelligent beings on the planet after humans?
Perfectly adapted to their environment, they pass on their knowledge and culture through each generation, in order to help future generations to thrive.
As self-aware being - as intelligent as a six-year-old child - their drive to extinction is an individual story of horror. Sometimes being macheted and burnt alive as an agricultural pest.
To talk us through the conservation story of the Orangutans today is the world-renowned founder of The Orangutan Project, Leif Cocks.
Leif has had a 30-year career…
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