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Sponsored by OZ Music and Manna Grocery & Deli!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 8 pm - 2 pm
Mellow Mushroom, 2230 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL
WHAT: Come hear some great local bands (exact bands are TBA, but we have a great lineup in the works) and help save endangered orangutans, all in one night!
CURRENT BANDS (in no particular order):
The Bonky Bonks
Great Big No
The Hypsys
National Trust
Wet Metal
WHY: “In Sumatra the latest calculations show that orangutan numbers have been reduced from 12,000 in 1993 to only about 6,500 today. In Borneo fewer than 40,000 orangutans are believed to remain.” Most of this is due to deforestation of rain forests that house innumerable species (many of them endangered, like the Sumatran Tiger) for logging and palm oil.
WHO: Orangutan Outreach is an affiliate of BOS International.
The purpose of Orangutan Outreach is:
1. To conserve orangutans in their native habitat.
2. To raise and promote public awareness of, and participation in, conservation strategies for orangutans through grassroots campaigns, community involvement and global communication.
3. To collaborate with Indonesian conservationists in the running of orangutan rehabilitation centers.
4. To fund rescue efforts of orangutans confiscated on palm oil plantations.
5. To fund rescue efforts of orangutans held illegally by private owners, whether commercial or individual, who are in direct violation of CITES.
6. To collaborate with zoos and animal parks in North America to promote awareness of orangutan conservation efforts.
7. To use the Internet to provide orangutan-related curriculum materials free of charge.
8. To fundraise locally and globally to support these goals.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is the largest primate rescue project in the world, with nearly 1000 orangutans in its care. BOS is the only organization actively rescuing wild orangutans from oil-palm plantations, as well as rehabilitating orphaned orangutans, displaced as a result of the relentless devastation of their habitat to clear land for palm oil production. BOS is committed to protecting the orangutan and its rainforest habitat, and relies entirely on donations to achieve this.
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