primate conservation

Chimpanzees thrive in zoos and are not traditionally though of much. However, populations of wild primates are declining fast. In the lifetime of one chimpanzee, they could be in a dire situation. Most chimps in zoos are generic mixes or unknown subspecies. Europe has a rather developed plan to...

This is the sixth installment (only one more to go after this) in a series of polls based on the IUCN 25 Most Endangered Primates. This time featuring the larger New World monkeys mentioned in the document which will go head to head in this poll. Zoochatters can vote based on the primate...

Yesterday thanks to the zoochatters @gentle lemur and @Therabu I discovered a fantastic French conservation organization "Help-Simus" that works both ex-situ and in-situ with the greater bamboo lemur in Madagascar. I'll leave the link below for those who are interested. Helpsimus A video for...

I've been doing some thinking and reading about the necessity of ex-situ Eulemur conservation lately given how dire the situation facing many of these is in the wild in Madagascar. I wanted to start this thread specifically about the genus within zoos and discuss what the best enclosures for...

This is the fourth installment in a series of polls based on the IUCN 25 Most Endangered Primates, this time featuring the old world monkeys of Asia. Zoochatters can vote based on the primate species whose conservation they would like to see prioritized, that they consider to be their...

Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction' A BBC article on the newly discovered Popa langur and the threats it faces in Myanmar. Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'

New research on the susceptibility of lemurs to COVID-19 is detailed in one of todays mongabay articles. Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection