Hunting, capturing and pet trade of orangutans Te hunting of highly prized species such as orangutans, el- ephants, tigers and rhinoceroses has been occurring on Sumatra for hundreds of years, and still continues today. Tis has led to the near extinction of the Sumatran rhinoceros and a drastic reduc-

tion in numbers of tigers and elephants. Many bird species are also now becoming difficult to find in the wild, especially song birds favoured by collectors (Shepherd et al. 2004). Orangutans are also still regularly killed or captured. Tis occurs for three main reasons: first, even today some people still hunt orangutans for food, most notably in the non-Muslim parts of North Sumatra (Map 17).

An illegally kept orangutan in Aceh (YEL-Mobile Unit)

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