Proboscis Monkey of Borneo

Proboscis Monkey, copyright by Jan van der Meer

Hello, there!

I'm a Proboscis Monkey... I know you may have never seen me before - well - I'm among the world's most unusual animals.

See, we are not so many, approximately 3,000 in Malaysian Borneo, but we are in serious danger because:

- We can ONLY SURVIVE in Borneo
- We need LARGE PROTECTED AREAS to survive


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CLICK HERE TO SIGN OUR PETITION

Since 2002 Kristina, the creator of this Website, is working to inform the (human) world that "we" Proboscis Monkeys are close to disappear from the planet.
The Website's first aim was to be able to send a "huuuge" neverendingletter with signatures to the Malaysian Minister of Tourism and to the Indonesian Minister of Forestry.

During these years this .ORG has collected hundreds and hundreds of signatures by persons from all over the world. We wish to say thank you to all these persons.

Now the Proboscis Monkeys situation is getting harder year after year and Kristina has realized that the Project needs more Power and visibility.
There is no more time to lose!

We want to collect funds to buy and produce a 5 seconds spot at MTV Network to sensibilize more people and to drive much more traffic to this Website.

All the donations we collect will be redirected to other Advertising actions and to support "BorneoAid" a new initiative that will allow people to "rent" pieces of land in Borneo to prevent deforestation.

Yes, the Project staff will use marketing rules to focus the attention to us and to make the Malaysian Government AWARE OF OUR VALUE.

All of you can represent potential tourists eager to see us climbing up trees. They must realize that "we" Proboscis Monkeys and all the wildlife are a TREASURE which will get Malaysia more money than palm oil plantations, spread quite all over in Borneo, nowadays.

My fellow monkeys and I, together with all the wild inhabitants of the jungle, will pay for our survival tolerating you spying and taking pictures of us. We fear what may be the inevitable Extinction. Our death would be a terrible SHAME for the world.

Maybe one day YOU, your children and future generations, would like to see us, still up the trees crawling and jumping, and NOT in an old book or in the Internet.

We really NEED you and your friends to help us!

You know, even naturalists were puzzled about me...

Here are some comments:

"It is a very fine monkey, in size approaching Orang-Utan, but much less disgusting in appearance"

(hey, thanks to mister Hugh Low, who said that in 1848).

Over the following years comments about me included: "of singular and ridiculous aspect", "very striking", "highly ludicrous", and even "grotesque honker of the Borneo swamps".

BASIC HELP: SIGN OUR PETITION

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	We respect your privacy and will NOT distribute your name or email. Any user who submits information to this petition is entitled to access it, modify it or to remove it. Requests should be sent to privacy@proboscismonkey.org Your email will only be provided to the Malaysian Minister of Tourism and to the Indonesian Minister of Forestry as a kind of proof of signature.
	I agree

GREAT HELP: MAKE A DONATION

We need funds for this Project!
Donate 1 dollar, 2 dollars...
If you are a lot of people 1 dollar will be enough!

Your donations will help us to realize our marketing actions.

Action #1: buy a spot at MTV!

WILD HELP: VISIT US IN BORNEO

Yes, if you like adventure
you may come to visit us joining
the jungle tour package
created by Kristina
and provided by a qualified Tour Operator in Borneo.

The Tour Operator will donate
a percentage of each package's quote
to the Proboscis Monkey Project.

Click here for more Info

Thank you so much! :-)