http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/lemurs-could-be-extinct-very-soon-experts-warn-9142615.html
Lemurs could be extinct 'very soon' experts warn
| Ring-tailed lemur group |
The Critically Endangered Black and
white ruffed lemur has been kept at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation
Trust in Jersey since 1982 together with other species of Lemur
including the Ring-tailed lemur(Conservation Status: Near
Threatened), the Alaotran gentle lemur (Conservation Status:
Critically Endangered), the Red-ruffed lemur (Conservation Status:
Endangered), and the Red-fronted brown lemur (Conservation Status:
Data Deficient).
The Durrell Trust does valuable work in attempting to conserve wildlife in a number countries around the world for a number of species, not only the lemur.
The Durrell Trust does valuable work in attempting to conserve wildlife in a number countries around the world for a number of species, not only the lemur.
We joined the Trust on a visit to
Jersey some years past and have been members ever since. Our
particular interests are the Gorilla and the Sumatran Orangutan, both
critically endangered.
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| Western lowland gorilla |
| Sumatran orangutan |
Durrell is not a zoo (I hate zoo's) albeit
that it is marked on the tourist literature and signposts as such,
more for convenience of location than accuracy of function.
A visit to their website ( http://www.durrell.org/) provides much information on the work that the trust does in attempting to mitigate the effects of disruption (all too frequently man made disruption and destruction) on wildlife habitat causing species to become endangered or even extinct.
A visit to their website ( http://www.durrell.org/) provides much information on the work that the trust does in attempting to mitigate the effects of disruption (all too frequently man made disruption and destruction) on wildlife habitat causing species to become endangered or even extinct.
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