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Giving the orangutan a break:
Narrative, temporality and praxis in wildlife conservation online
Liana Chua
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
© Ron Offermans
© Ron Offermans
http://support.wwf.org.uk/index.php?page=shop&pid=3
http://www.orangutanproject.com/content.php?p=303&Prod=1#product
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/files/po/index.html
Greenpeace protests at
Nestle‟s offices,
March-April 2010
“I mean for gods sake - THE RAINFOREST IS BEING
DESTROYED [along with all of the native wildlife and people who depend on it] SO THAT WE CAN STUFF OUR FACES FOR A FLEETING MOMENT OF CHOCOLATE PLEASURE! ... DEFORESTATION MUST BE STOPPED NOW, along with several other crimes against the natural world.”
“Izabel” - 17 March 2010 at 1:49pm
Comment on „Kit-Kat: Give the orang-utan a break‟, Greenpeace Blog
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/forests/kit-kat-give-orang-utan-break-20100317
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/orangutan-island/orangutan-island.html
A sample of posts/threads on the Orangutan Island message board…
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/4371991249/p/2
Alphaone, 12-16-08 12:28 AM
“An email costs you NOTHING but a little bit of your time .... Public pressure can move mountains
when it comes to saving orangutans. Is asking people who love orangutans to do something as
simple and FREE as writing emails is too much to ask???”
Hermantoo, 03-22-10 05:10 PM
“THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! THIS WAS THE BEST SHOW ON ANIMAL PLANET!
THEY PUT ON STUPID SHOWS ABOUT PETS. I MEAN, EVENTUALLY,
THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF DOGS AND CATS FOR DOGS/CATS 101!
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW … NEEDS TO START A PETITION.”
Omlywinks, 11-16-10 06:23 PM
“What do we, as your viewers and numbe
[sic] one fans (who deserve the most say in
what you air on your network, since we're
the ones that have been watching this
network since we were children) have to do
to get you to bring these shows back?”
apsux, 02-26-10 11:25 AM
“I am done with AP and will be writing
sponsors. I will also be writing National
Geographic to urge them to pick up the shows
or create similar ones using the same
locations.”
insom63, 07-29-10 07:53 PM
“I have a good mind to boycott AP and never
watch another show on that channel until
they bring back Orangutan Island. I feel so
strongly about this that I might try to launch
a campaign to boycott AP publicly.”
Broom, 08-14-09 06:47 PM
“Without this public forum (a show) in the U.S., we fear the
orangutans will drop out of the public eye.”
Mytimenowoki, 01-14-10 01:05 AM
“The animals need all the help they can get and animal planet is turning
their backs on them? How many animals out there need our help and
AP cancels the shows so other people don't get a chance to see and learn
about all of them?”
Omlywinks, 11-16-10 06:23 PM
“PLEASE BRING THESE SHOWS BACK, YOU
OWE IT TO US AND TO THE ANIMALS IN
NEED!!!!!”
