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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Duke Lemur Center: The DLC says a sad goodbye to Romeo. “Romeo was an exquisitely beautiful creature, and was gentle and responsive to his caretakers. To see him was to be enchanted by him, and for those who cared for him day in and day out, he was a vivid presence.” — Rest in peace, sweet boy.
Yo La Tengo Ring-tail. Let Ringo have a go.
Lemur quake victim | Stuff.co.nz
“Gidro, a black and white ruffed lemur, drowned as a result of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which hit Christchurch at 4.36am. He was a fantastic animal to work with and very nice-natured, animal collection manager Ian Adams said.” :(
“For sale: four-month-old ring-tailed lemur, $50 or best offer. The owner poached the primate in a forest on the west coast.” (via National Geographic: Madagascar’s Pierced Heart.)
[The guide] keeps up a brisk and barefoot pace through a tangled, claustrophobic wilderness, seeing it with intimate familiarity. But to his surprise, something has changed since his last visit a few months before.
“No lemurs,” he says. “They’ve disappeared.”
The rosewood thieves are behind this. Weary of a rice-only diet, they have begun to lay traps. We learn of one team that captured 16 lemurs in a single day. Not all of them are being eaten on the spot. In the town of Sambava, just north of Antalaha, three restaurants feature lemurs on their menu, despite federal laws. In this way the rain forests of northeastern Madagascar are rapidly losing the red ruffed, the fork-marked, the greater dwarf, and the aye-aye. Lemurs are found in no other country on Earth, save the nearby Comoros islands.
National Geographic Magazine - Madagascar's Pierced Heart
“The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood, minerals, and gems.” An informative, if wholly depressing, article about Madagascar’s current ecological issues.
(Photo gallery contains potentially disturbing images, including lemur soup and deforested land. It’s important information to know about, but approach with caution nevertheless.)
