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**Menierofe** · 04-13-2012, 08:25 PM

Last month there was a very interesting (repeat) story about a young kid and his brother who want to help tackle this problem. I found it very inspiring and also a little sad to see how Daniel's aims were hijacked to suit political purposes (on both sides of politics). Great to see him and his family didn't let that disillusion them to the point where they gave up.

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The Book Of Daniel

12/03/2012

Introduced by The Chaser's Chris Taylor

This week's program tells the story of a young boy whose passion for endangered animals unexpectedly thrust him into the political spotlight.

He's Daniel Clarke and at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, he set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

But when some of the country's leading politicians suddenly became involved, Daniel found himself centre stage.

It was a crash course in what can happen when youthful idealism clashes with hard ball politics.

Daniel Clarke and his family have weathered it all and they're now making a real difference to their beloved orangutans.

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specia...el/default.htm

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The story is still available on iView for another two days.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/908406

(I can't find another link to the video on the Australian Story website, only a link to the transcript here).

04-13-2012, 08:25 PM	#3
Menierofe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	Last month there was a very interesting (repeat) story about a young kid and his brother who want to help tackle this problem. I found it very inspiring and also a little sad to see how Daniel's aims were hijacked to suit political purposes (on both sides of politics). Great to see him and his family didn't let that disillusion them to the point where they gave up. === The Book Of Daniel 12/03/2012 Introduced by The Chaser's Chris Taylor This week's program tells the story of a young boy whose passion for endangered animals unexpectedly thrust him into the political spotlight. He's Daniel Clarke and at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, he set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia. But when some of the country's leading politicians suddenly became involved, Daniel found himself centre stage. It was a crash course in what can happen when youthful idealism clashes with hard ball politics. Daniel Clarke and his family have weathered it all and they're now making a real difference to their beloved orangutans. http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specia...el/default.htm === The story is still available on iView for another two days. http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/908406 (I can't find another link to the video on the Australian Story website, only a link to the transcript here).
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