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UniversityofBath OP t1_iqme2mv wrote

Reply to comment by Celticlady47 in Hello, I’m Dr Sara Fontani from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and I’m a primatologist. I’m here to talk about captive lemur’s welfare, reproduction and conservation. Please ask me anything! by UniversityofBath

Many thanks! My research project
aims to improve captive breeding success. Hopefully, some of these individuals
may be reintroduced into their habitat in the future. At the moment, other colleagues are working on the safeguard of
the gentle lemurs’ environment in Madagascar, as it is very restricted and
threatened by habitat destruction due to reed beds being burned and the lake
drained for rice irrigation. Durrell Wildlife Conservation
Trust – Jersey Zoo is coordinating the international efforts for the
conservation of this species.

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