Today is World Animal Day I Chose To Highlight The Animals Of Borneo (where I lived as a young person). Starting in the upper left and going clockwise we have 1. Tarsier 2. Male Proboscis Monkey 3. Young Bornean Elephant 4. Rhinoceros Hornbill 5. Male Orangutan 6. Gibbon Couple 7. Female Proboscis Monkey Leaping 8. Bornean Elephant Mom & Child 9. Clouded Leopard 10. Gibbon 11. Colugo 12. Orangutan Mom & Child All animals on Borneo are endangered, some more then others. The biggest threat is deforestation/habitat loss. Illegal & quasi-legal logging along with vast palm oil plantations are 2 major threats. Possible solutions include ecotourism, carbon credits (wealthier countries pay for rainforests to not be cut down, wildlife corridors (large strips of rainforest to allow animals to travel from one intact stretch of rainforest to another - often alongside a river). There are other important projects that work with local communities to come with solutions for animals and humans to live in harmony. There are several charities working in Borneo including Borneo Orangutan Survival Organization, Kalaweit Wildlife Rescue, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Nature Conservancy, International Animal Rescue and many more. #WorldAnimalDay #WorldAnimalDayBorneo #SaveAnimals #SaveTheRainforests #SaveAnimalHabitat #SaveBorneoRainforests #WWF #IAR #NatureConservancy #BorneoOrangutanSurvivalFoundation #Kalaweit #KalaweitWildlifeRescue #Tarsier #ProboscisMonkey #BorneanElephants #PygmyElephants #RhinocerosHornbill #BorneanOrangutans #Gibbons #CloudedLeopard #Colugo All photos are believed to be in the public domain or have Creative Commons licenses. Graphic designed/created by Jeri Rae. https://www.instagram.com/p/CF6nesHFZ01/?igshid=7udmm3k0kcrv
