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Don’t Palm Us Off
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TELL FSANZ YOU WANT THE CHOICE!
Let FSANZ know you have the right to choose whether your food purchases push Orangutans towards extinction. Tell FSANZ Don't Palm us Off!
Watch the Don't Palm Us Off campaign video and send this page link to your friends!
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Comics Join Forces with Tigers to Say Don't Palm us Off
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What do I need to know?
The food you are buying could be pushing Orangutans to extinction. Palm oil is found in about 40 percent of the food products on our shelves and its rampant cultivation is destroying the Orangutans habitat at an alarming rate.
Find out moreCampaign Launch
On 17 August Melbourne Zoo launched it's Don't Palm Us Off Campaign. See video and images from the day
Find out moreDon’t Palm Us Off Facts
The food you are buying could be pushing Orangutans to extinction. Palm oil is found in about 40 percent of the food products on our shelves and its rampant cultivation is destroying the Orangutans habitat at an alarming rate.
Find out moreDon't Palm Us Off - get your school involved
Schools wishing to participate in the Don't Palm Us Off campaign can do so in a number of ways
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Did you know?
We share 97% of our DNA with Orang-utans. You could say they are our wild cousins.
Palm Oil typically costs the lives of up to 50 Orang-utans each week.
Over 85% of the worlds palm oil comes from Malaysia and Indonesia.
In SE Asia alone, the equivalent of 300 football fields are deforested every hour for palm oil production
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You can also help save Orang-utans by donating to Zoos Victoria's Orang-utan Conservation Fund
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