
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
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