Please help free Gundul : 20 years on a chain
Please help free Gundul ~ heartbreaking.
Via Orangutan Embassy
Say “Hello” to “Gundul”. She lives on a pile of garbage beside a goat pen. Day and night, in all weathers, this is her only life 24/7. When it rains she has no choice but to sit or sleep in the mud and her own urine and feces: Think about that for a moment.
Despite at least six personal attempts to persuade the CEO of nearby Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation to rescue Gundul, he/they have never once replied. No answer, no explanation; nothing. What do you think about BOSF?
Her only protection from the weather is a black trash bag to place over her own head. If you are familiar with tropical storms you will know all about thunder, lightning and rain.
Gundul faces all this, alone, especially at night: Think about that for a moment. Pitch dark, torrential rain, thunder and lightning and she is there all alone and this could be a daily occurrence during the long rainy season.
It has been 20 years since she was taken from her slaughtered mother. Gundul has not seen another orangutan for 20 years: Why not take some time and think about this as well?
She is now 21 years-old and held by an old man since 1990 in Samarinda on the east coast of Borneo. When she was a baby, Gundul was free to go everywhere; even the old man let her around his house. However, when she grew up, Gundul’s strength and frustrations became a threat to the owner, so she was placed inside a cage. As Gundul could not be kept in a cage anymore, because she was able to destroy the wooden cage. So she was tied up at her neck by chains, and the chains are tied up to a tree.
Despite everything Gundul is a gentle and seemingly forgiving orangutan.
Her future, though, is uncertain. Will BOSF abandon Gundul the way they abandoned Rambo before he died?
The only certainty is, Gundul will not be helped unless YOU do something to help her.
In this instance Gundul’s owner wants her to be confiscated.
If you would like to have Gundul saved, use the sample letter template provided below.
The person to write to is:
Jamartin Sihite, CEO, BOSF, bos_komunikasi@orangutan.or.id
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FURTHER UPDATE 13/10/12
– Please make contact with global BOSF partners as per the information below:
Here is the link to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF): http://orangutan.or.id/
Here is the link to BOSF partners in other parts of the world; including names and e mail contact addresses:
http://orangutan.or.id/links-and-partners/
Links and Partners – BOS Foundation Partners:
▪ BOS Australia | Kontak: Tony Gilding tony@gilding.com
▪ BOS Jepang
▪ BOS Jerman | Kontak: Christine Szyska christine.szyska@bos-deutschland.de
▪ BOS Kanada
▪ BOS Swiss | Kontak: Matthias Müller matthias.mueller@bos-schweiz.ch
▪ Orangutan Land Trust | Kontak: Michelle Desilets michelle@forests4orangutans.org
▪ Orangutan Outreach | Kontak: Richard Zimmerman redapes@gmail.com
▪ Orangutan Protection Foundation, UK | Kontak: Grainne McEntee grainne@orangutan-protection.org
▪ Save The Orangutan, Denmark | Kontak: Birgitte Dünweber birgitte@savetheorangutan.org
▪ Save The Orangutan, Sweden | Kontak: Pernilla Svenberg pernilla@savetheorangutan.org
▪ Vier Pfoten International | Kontak: Chris Williams chris.williams@four-paws.org
▪ WSPA
▪ Schwalbe
Block List:
tony@gilding.com, christine.szyska@bos-deutschland.de, matthias.mueller@bos-schweiz.ch, michelle@forests4orangutans.org, redapes@gmail.com, grainne@orangutan-protection.org, birgitte@savetheorangutan.org, pernilla@savetheorangutan.org, chris.williams@four-paws.org,
Please make direct contact with these organisations in your area of the world and ask them, as a partner of BOSF, why they are not demanding that Gundul is rescued and taken into care by the BOSF.
Please ask them to make immediate contact with BOSF CEO Mr. Sihite to ask why the desperate situation of Gundul is being ignored by BOSF.
You can send a message directly to BOSF using their ‘Contact Us’ link on their website: http://orangutan.or.id/contact/
END OF UPDATE
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SAMPLE LETTER SAMPLE LETTER SAMPLE LETTER
Send to: bos_komunikasi@orangutan.or.id
To:
Jamartin Sihite
http://www4.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?user=9b44b4e0
Until action is taken by yourself to rescue Gundul from the suffering she currently endures on a 24/7 basis, as a supporter of SAV, I will continue to ask them to give international publicity to their supporters and other worldwide organisations regarding the apparent inaction of BOSF to intervene and rescue Gundul.
We will all be watching for immediate progress on this request and ask that you immediately step in and take action – providing photos and information of Gundul’s rescue as necessary. You can provide all rescue information directly to SAV via their site.
You are the CEO of an organisation which is supposed to help Orangutans
– please act and do it immediately – rescue Gundul now !
Thank you in advance for what I hope and consider will be a positive result to save such a vulnerable but beautiful animal – an animal which now relies on YOUR action to rescue and provide a home for her.
Thank You
Regards
ADD YOUR OWN Name and nationality here for maximum international effect.
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IF NOT YOU, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
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Une honte !! Que dire de plus ? Juste un mépris total envers ces gens qui ont laissé vivre (si l’on peut appeler cela vivre). Je dirais
survivre, un animal qui ne demandait rien d’autre que de vivre sa vie de singe dans les forêts au milieu de ses congénères. Au lieu de cela, un individu égoïste, s’est emparé de Gundul pour l’enchainer pendant 20 ans et peut être plus si nous n’agissons pas maintenant.
Please help free Gundul : 20 years on a chain……
Have you contacted any other rescue organization? eg Born Free. WSPCA.
Please everyone, try to understand the sad reality at present is that rescue centres are over-subscribed and funds limited. Asking a rescue centre to take in more orangutans when these are the circumstances can put the entire population in the centre at risk. Such decisions to rescue or not to rescue are not taken lightly. Until significant funding can be raised, and more orangutans released, this is likely to remain the case for some time. So PLEASE do not imagine that the rescue centres lack compassion, PLEASE do not stop supporting them, and PLEASE give whatever you can to help them continue to do the amazing work they already do.
The organisation has responded with a message very similar to what I wrote above:
“Thank you for your concern for the orangutan, but please try to understand the sad reality at present is that our rescue centres are over-subscribed and funds limited. Asking any of our rescue centres to take in more orangutans when these are the circumstances can put the entire population in the centre at risk. Such decisions to rescue or not to rescue are not taken lightly. Until significant funding can be raised, and more orangutans released, this is likely to remain the case for some time. So PLEASE do not imagine that we lack compassion, PLEASE do not stop supporting us, and PLEASE give whatever you can to help us continue to do the work we do.
Thank you.
bos_komunikasi@orangutan.or.id“
Does anyone in this world imagine living with a chain for 20 years of his/her life and not being allowed to communicate with others at all?? Please make at least something good for Gundul now, please!
please unchain and free this little soul.
POR FAVOR LIBEREN A ESE POBRE SER…. A LOS QUE HAY QUE ENCADENAR SON A OTROS QUE ANDAN LIBRES POR AHI, LASTIMADO A LOS ANIMALES ¡¡¡
Stop cruelty to animals, living in nature is how God expected them to be, not in chains, or closed in small spaces.. Need space, and greenery, good water and food…