Hello!

Thank you all so so much for all of your support this far. We are in the final week of crowdfunding and even though we are only half way to our goal every little bit helps! The money raised so far will help provide travel funding for continued work in Madagascar. I am currently in the field in Madagascar helping to perform health evaluations on critically endangered lemurs!! This project will help us to continue to find new ways to evaluate health and conserve these incredible creatures. Below are images  of a Diadem Sifaka recovering from sedation after blood work and physical examinations were performed. This work is vital in making sure that these wild animals remain healthy!

Thanks again!

Katie

Ever wonder how big lemurs are? Or how old they live to be? Check out this video with King Julian, an animal ambassador, to learn all about lemurs and how wonderful they are!!!!

There is a Malagasy folktale that goes like this:

In the beginning Sifaka lemurs had no tails and the Indri lemurs did. One day the Sifaka asked the Indri to borrow his tail to go to a party. The Sifaka took the tail and never returned it, which is why today Sifaka have tails but Indri do not! The story also says that this is why Indri lemurs have such a mournful call, as is illustrated in the video.

Both Indri and Sifaka are highly endangered and are two of the species being monitored around an active mining site. Sifaka lemurs specifically are the focus of my project and we are trying to investigate new and better ways to monitor their stress and health. By doing this we can better evaluate the impacts of conservation measures!

By contributing to this project you are helping provide funding to gain crucial information about these lemurs and their ability to thrive in the wild! Thank you so much for your time and support!

Best,

Katie

Check out this video highlighting Paul, the red-ruffed lemur! Learn about how incredible lemurs are and the risks they face!