One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times

Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by Falling3 on Saturday June 29, 2019 @11:33AM (#20313134)

It's also a very common food ingredient.

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Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by Symbiote on Saturday June 29, 2019 @11:39AM (#20313176)

It's about the only thing I look for on the ingredients list.

I stopped buying anything containing palm oil a few years ago.

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Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by kawsper on Saturday June 29, 2019 @12:07PM (#20313315)

I recently stumbled upon a drone video showing the effect of palm oil: https://youtu.be/7bTbUOI3qko?t=2397 (around the 40 minute mark), just endless seas of palm trees.

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Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by mopsi on Saturday June 29, 2019 @12:16PM (#20313367)

I stopped buying products with palm oil after binging on orangutan rescue videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyvTuvYGPkI

Before I wasn't aware of its effect on orangutan habitats.

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Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by lonelappde on Saturday June 29, 2019 @12:10PM (#20313336)

So, same as every other mass produced commodity?

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Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe... by kawsper on Monday July 01, 2019 @08:37AM (#20324635)

Of course, I had just never seen a palm oil plantation before.

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