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What's News at the Reserve:

Primatology Field Methods Course (10/2/08)

Natalie Vasey, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, will be visiting the reserve in the spring to conduct three intensive one-week sessions on primatology field methods. These courses, which can be taken for credit, are open to students and professionals at other institutions. The first deadline to apply is December 20, 2008!  Apply early as each session is limited to 10 students.

For complete information on this and other field training opportunities at LCF, click here.

Lemur Tales: Lessons from the Forest (9/23/08)

Alex Porpora, former LCF intern, is back at the Reserve offering distance learning classes for K-12 students.  This exciting new outreach program is designed to engage students in science education by enabling them to interact online with a scientist or researcher in the field.  To find out more about the program visit ourOutreach page.

New Items in the Malagasy Lemur Shop (8/15/08)

Check out the new polo shirts and tee-shirts, lemur mugs and wooden jigsaw puzzles in our shop. 

The price for our limited edition 2008 calendars has been reduced!  The limited edition LCF calendars are prized collector's items and have featured the work of artists from around the world.

Go to theMalagasy Lemur Shop to order yours!

LCF Internship Changes Hands (July 2008)

Roy Keech began his six-month animal husbandry internship at the Myakka City Reserve in July, taking over from Alex Porpora.  For more information on internship opportunities click here.

The first deadline for 2009 internships is November 1, 2008.

Leapin' Lemurs (8/1/08)

Leapin' Lemurs, a new organic EnviroKidz brand cereal from Nature's Path Organic, is on grocery and health food store shelves and 1% of the sales goes to the Lemur Conservation Foundation.  You can also order the cereal online.  Inside and outside of the box there is information about lemurs and endangered animals with games and puzzles.  It also tells about the Lemur Conservation Foundation and what we do. Included on the box is a form to send a contribution directly to LCF. Read more about Nature's Path's commitment to conservation and their efforts to educate children about environmental causes.

Product information

Nature's Path Organic

EnviroKidz Web Site

Lemur Latitudes is in the Mail

The latest edition of our newsletterLemur Latitudes is also available online.

The Ako Project

The Ako Project produces storybooks on the lemurs of Madagascar, involves and aids primary school teachers, and provides posters about Madagascar’s forest habitats. more...

Recycle, Donate and Participate in our Lemur Enrichment Program and Green Initiative!

Feeding the lemurs out of cardboard boxes and tubes of varying shapes and sizes enriches the lemurs' daily activities and also eliminates continually washing and sterilizing food bowls. After the lemurs have discovered and eaten their food, the box is thrown into our recycling bin and thus recycled twice!

If you wish to participate, send us clean cardboard boxes or cardboard tubes with all loose paper, glue or plastic removed. Nothing too big (larger than large cereal box) or too small (tooth paste tube box). Nothing that contained chemicals or detergents. Boxes can be broken down for shipping!

Examples of what we're looking for: cereal boxes, pasta boxes, cookie or cracker boxes, toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes

For where to send click here

Enrichment is a term used when keepers are trying to increase stimulation of captive animals. Enrichment takes many forms, including altering objects in their habitats (moving branches, adding ladders,etc.), providing novel objects (non-toxic and non-swallowable, of course), using spices and oils to add scents to objects, and altering the presentation of food. The lemurs find it challenging to open the boxes and pull out the food inside. They have to manipulate the box and do a bit of problem solving - so it takes a bit longer to eat but provides a more fulfilling eating experience. Lemurs in captivity don't have to forage, so keepers try to make up for this lack of natural behavior by having the lemurs "forage" in the boxes.

Animal Husbandry Internships

Two new 6-month animal husbandry internships are currently available. First deadline is November 1, 2008.Click here for more information.

Lemur Power Bracelets

Check theMalagasy Lemur Shop to order yours!

NyTsididy Bitika / Bitika the mouse lemur (children's book)

This soft-cover children’s book is the charming sequel to our Ako the Aye-Aye book. It is now available in ourMalagasy Lemur Shop along with the Ako book and proceeds from both are used for environmental education in Madagascar!

Updated 11/4/08