Palm oil plantations endanger orangutans in Indonesia's peat swamp

Destruction of natural habitat by the plantation owners, leaves orangutans and other species of animals under the threat of potential endanger.A forest land of 1,000 hectares burned illegally by an oil palm firm is seen in the picture. (Photo | AP)

The growing plantations at the cost of Orangutans' natural habitats makes them starve to death.And many of the times, Orangutans are killed by plantation workers when they emerge from the jungle in search of food. (Photo | AP)

Severe environmental damage has lead to the drastic drop of orangutan population in Tripa Peat forest, which has been called as the orangutan capital of the world. (Photo | AP)

A conservationist of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program carries a tranquilizer rifle during a rescue operation for orangutans trapped at a swath of disrupted forest near a palm oil plantation. (Photo | AP)

A veterinarian of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program examines a tranquilized male orangutan being rescued from a forest in Aceh province. (Photo | AP)

A tranquilized male orangutan holds on to a tree as it's being rescued from a swath of forest located too close to a palm oil plantation at Tripa peat. (Photo | AP)

Conservationists of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program use a makeshift stretcher to relocate a tranquilized orangutan. (Photo | AP)