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How did the orangutans become endangered?

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People are illegally buying them or trapping them into cages to sell to zoos, pet stores, or orangutan eaters or illegally keeping them.
Its all because of the palm oil plantation, people create them making sure that they are dying out. The male orangutans don't have anywhere to sleep because the palm trees are the only trees that can support their weight of 118kg, this means there are less male orangutans around because either they sleep on the ground and are killed or they find another tree and it breaks and they fall out and die.
Poachers also try to kill them , they also drag baby orangutans away from their mothers (which is tight and cruel). They also slaughter the baby orangutan's mothers, they cut down the trees which is taking away their habitat :( we should do something about it and help

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What caused the orangutans to become endangered?
Alot of things
When did orangutan become endangered?
Mainly habitat loss was the reason.They began to fall in numbers in the 1960's, and recovery has been slow, but is improving.
Why orangutan endangered?
Because their homes are being destroyed by an ever increasing human population. not to mention hunting and the sale of body parts like hands and feet.
Why are orangutan's endangered?
Because people kill them and that's kind of dumb if you love chicken your stupid! Your mean to the animals God made! Holy God Holy God, no thee Holy God The True god.
Is the orangutan endangered?
The Sumatran species is in the worst ecological position and is listed as critically endangered, while the Bornean species is listed as an endangered species.