Reader comments: Orangutans nearing extinction?

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Meant to be? | 12:01 p.m. July 6, 2008
"It's disappointing that there are still declines even though there have been quite a lot of conservation efforts over the past 30 years," Wich said.

Maybe their extinction was simply meant to be, if we've thrown tons of money at their conservation and their numbers are still declining?
Observer | 9:43 p.m. July 6, 2008
The world would be a better place if orangutans stayed around and humanity became extinct.
Re:meant to be | 9:44 p.m. July 6, 2008
Are you thick? The possible extinction of orangutans is directly related to the destruction of their environment by mankind. It was meant to be? By who, your fake God?
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Moni, a 17-year-old orangutan, carries her 4-day-old baby at Gembira Loka zoo in Indonesia. (Slamet Riyadi, Associated Press)
Slamet Riyadi, Associated Press
Moni, a 17-year-old orangutan, carries her 4-day-old baby at Gembira Loka zoo in Indonesia.