A few months ago I had a conversation with someone who had just canceled a long-planned trip to see mountain gorillas in Uganda. It wasn’t an easy decision, but she had just gotten over a bad case of the flu.
The plight of an emaciated, possibly crippled baby orangutan has brought worldwide attention this week to the cruel practices that resulted in the endangered ape spending the first 10 months of his life in a chicken cage in Borneo.
El drama de un bebé orangután desnutrido y posiblemente lisiado hace un llamado a poner fin al tráfico de animales.
Ten years. Nearly 1,200 articles. I have no idea how many species. I have no idea how many tears.
![Rescued Baby Orangutan Shines Light on Cruel, Illegal Pet Trade [Video]](/blogs/cache/file/73D93ABF-2747-4532-A79D8123EC79C842_small.jpg)
![El rescate de un bebé orangután revela la crueldad del comercio ilegal de mascotas [vídeo]](/espanol/cache/file/534F1B94-43D4-41F8-B6B1C76E495A19C6_small.jpg)
