Very bad Ring-tailed lemur news

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Numbers in the wild have fallen dramaticly ! :

Ring-Tailed Lemur Populations Have Crashed by 95 Percent

 

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The only ray of hope is that they do so well in zoos that they'd be easier to reintroduce - but the decline is shocking in speed and likely not the only species to drop so rapidly within that region

 

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The only ray of hope is that they do so well in zoos that they'd be easier to reintroduce - but the decline is shocking in speed and likely not the only species to drop so rapidly within that region

Small scale re-introductions are already occuring with confiscated pet ring-tailed lemurs... But this decline is really surprising especially given the relatively large area they until recently at least roamed... Fortunately they occur in several well protected (but not inter-connected) national parks / private reserves.

 

[vogelcommando]

Another article about the dramatic status of the Ring-tailed lemur :

Will Madagascar lose its most iconic primate?