I don’t normally make out pleas to help out each and every conservation organization but my friend Allison, who worked for the following organization, told me about what’s happening to it and this one is really serious.
First some background, the conservation organization is speak of is the Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, a wildlife refuge in [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Squirrel Monkey’
September 7, 2007
URGENT! Inti Wara Yassi Wildlife Refuge in Bolivia needs our help!
June 25, 2007
Dutch Biologist Receives 14-year Sentence
One of Time Magazine’s “Hero’s for the Planet 2000“, known for discovering new species (Callicebus bernhardi, Callicebus stephennashi, etc.) and focusing his attentions on protecting the rainforest has been convicted of failing to apply for a permit on behalf of the monkey refuge in his Brazilian home. It seems that without the permit (or license) [...]
May 11, 2007
Japan’s odd couple - A primate-rodent friendship between Capybaras & Squirrel Monkeys
One of our more popular posts of all time has been the photos of the tiger and orangutan friendships I shared with you several months back.
To rekindle that interest, I’ve come accross a Reuters news piece on a similar friendship… but this time it is between squirrel monkeys and giant South American rodents called capybaras. And it [...]
March 1, 2007
25th annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society coming up!
Julia Hoy, from University of Queenlands’s School of Animal Studies, has been organizing a conference for the 25th annual meeting of the Australasian Primate Society this March. It will be starting next week on Friday March 9th and going on to the 11th.
Before I jump into the details of the conference, I passed the University [...]
