There
are many delicious and delectable choices when you’re are running up and down
the candy aisle stocking up for this year’s spooky holiday. On Halloween, our
children go on a little adventure “trick or treating” for dozens of different
kinds of candy dressed as their favorite cartoon characters, superheroes, or even
ANIMALS!
Just
like any good mom, we always check and make sure those candies are safe. Now,
with this shopping list your kid’s candies can be wildlife safe too!
Sumatran
orangutans don’t eat candy, but Ibu and her family as conservation ambassadors
help us show the dangers that come from the brands of candy that use palm oil as an ingredient.
As
we’ve mentioned before, palm oil is an edible vegetable oil grown on the
African oil palm tree which now grows around the world especially many parts of
South East Asia. Orangutans once thrived in these parts, but are now facing
more challenges than ever with increasing unsustainable palm oil practices and
palm oil plantations burning essential rainforest habitats to expand the
increasing demand for the product.
More
than 85% of all palm oil globally produced and exported is from Indonesia and
Malaysia, where the palm oil industry is linked to major world issues,
including: rapid deforestation, climate change, habitat degradation, and animal
cruelty.
When
you shop sustainable, you help save orangs like Ibu, Butch and Khaleesi!
The
El Paso Zoo has focused on Sumatran orangutan conservation efforts with great
support from the El Paso Zoological Society Conservation Fund. All these funds
have gone to development programs that aid in both saving and relocating hundreds
of orangutans in Indonesia. Also, when you round up at the cash register your
money supports saving orangs.
Before
you go out and buy Halloween candies make sure to look twice for orangutan-friendly
ingredients. You can do your part in rescuing wildlife by purchasing palm oil
free candies this Halloween!
TRICK
OR TREAT!
