orangutan stuffed toy

The Sumatran species is critically endangered[31] and the Bornean species of orangutans is endangered[32] according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and both are listed on Appendix I of CITES. The total number of Bornean orangutans is estimated to be less than 14 percent of what it was in the recent past (from around 10,000 years ago until the middle of the twentieth century) and this sharp decline has occurred mostly over the past few decades due to human activities and development.[32] Species distribution is now highly patchy throughout Borneo: it is apparently absent or uncommon in the south-east of the island, as well as in the forests between the Rejang River in central Sarawak and the Padas River in western Sabah (including the Sultanate of Brunei).[32] The largest remaining population is found in the forest around the Sabangau River, but this environment is at risk.[33] A similar development have been observed for the Sumatran orangutans.[31]
Sumatran Orangutan at the orangutan rehabilitation center in Bukit Lawang

The most recent estimate for the Sumatran Orangutan is around 7,300 individuals in the wild[31] while the Bornean Orangutan population is estimated at between 45,000 and 69,000.[32] These estimates were obtained between 2000 and 2003. However, thousands of orangutans don't reach adulthood due to human disruption. Orangutans are killed for food while others are killed because of disruption in people's property. Mother orangutans are killed so their infants can be sold as pets. Many of the infants die without the help of their mother.[3] Since recent trends are steeply down in most places due to logging and burning, it is forecast that the current numbers are below these figures