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Ring-tailed lemur with babies sitting on branch

MANAGED BREEDING

Students in Befingotra learning about lemurs with Ako

EDUCATION & TRAINING

LCF staff standing at Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve MNP sign in Madagascar

MADAGASCAR PROGRAMS

Lemur painting

ART & INSPIRATION

A graduate student and lemur

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The Path to Conservation

A Malagasy student from LCF's film about a class field trip to the rainforest

Open House Update

2019 Open House Update

2019 World Lemur Festival

LCF's 2019 World Lemur Festival 1st place winner receiving her award at the event

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Protecting lemurs and their habitat.

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Ring-tailed #lemur Molson is extremely grateful for our hard working #volunteers who put up over 2,600 feet of firehose at the 2019 Party for the Planet!

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Welcome Our New Fall #Interns – Carolyn Degurski, Abigail Burke, Elizabeth Miller, and Molly Lykins! All of these new additions bring great experience to LCF's animal husbandry program. Read about their accomplishments and why they were attracted to LCF's internship opportunities:

Carolyn is from West Chester, PA and is a graduate of Penn State University where she received a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Psychology. Prior to her arrival at LCF, Carolyn was an education intern with the Lehigh Valley Zoo, a Wildlife Biologist Aide with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, a Bat Survey Technician with Sanders Environmental Inc. and a Bog Turtle Technician with New Jersey Audubon.
Abby joins us from Harwich, MA and is a graduate of Salve Regina University where she double majored in Environmental Studies and Cultural and Historic Preservation. Abby’s experience includes two shorebird internships with the Cape Cod National Seashore, a sea turtle internship with the Cape Lookout National Seashore, and most recently a fisheries internship at Yellowstone National Park.
Elizabeth hails from Reading, MA and graduated from the University of Findlay with a B.S. in Animal Science. Elizabeth’s experience includes interning at the Duke Lemur Center where she helped prepare diets, create enrichment, clean enclosures, and observed medical procedures on the 10+ lemur species that call the DLC home.

Molly joins us from Topeka, KS and is a graduate of Washburn University where she received a B.A. in Biology and a B.A. in Psychology. Molly’s experience includes internships at the Topeka Zoo and the Oglebay Good Zoo. Molly was also a Temporary Lemur Keeper on St. Catherine’s Island where she participated in the daily care of the island’s free-ranging ring-tailed lemur population.

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Meet Luisa the #MongooseLemur! Luisa is 5 years old and lives with her partner Javier in one of our free ranging forest habitats. She most often spends her time scouting or foraging in the trees. Being rather bold, she enjoys trying to pilfer food from her somewhat-larger forest mates, the ring-tailed #lemurs. #conservation #criticallyendangeredspecies

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#MadagascarMonday Watch this short video, one of two, about LCF’s rainforest class trips for Malagasy students. Our thanks to Oxford Brookes University Master’s student Kylie Sorenson for her project evaluating our program and this wonderful footage with the students’ impressions after learning about lemurs and conservation. #lemurs #Madagascar #conservation

https://youtu.be/RdAfaHmcftE

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Happy Halloween! Our lemurs definitely preferred treats over tricks this year!

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A HUGE Thank You to the Finley-Russ family for their kind donations! The lemurs are going to love all these yummy treats in the upcoming months. Anyone interested in donating supplies for our lemurs can find our wishlists here-
https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1RJ8NY7NSR275?&sort=default

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Today is World Lemur Day! Check your lemur knowledge with some trivia! #WorldLemurDay #LetsSaveLemurs

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Let’s give a big hip-hip-hooray in celebration of Ansell’s 17th birthday! Ansell is our oddball here on the reserve when it comes to her birthday. Out of all of our 58 lemurs she is the only one to be born in the fall. This majestic mama is often found sunning in our free ranging forest habitats or just relaxing with her mate Yuengling while watching their offspring play. Happy Birthday Ansell! #birthday #ringtailedlemur #endangeredspecies #conservation #lcf

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#Volunteer Highlight: Shout out to Sam Near for helping LCF staff at events. Originally enticed to lend a hand by her son (also an LCF volunteer), Sam has continued to show passion for lemurs. Her kind and supportive nature–both on and off the reserve–have been a welcomed addition to the volunteer team. Thank you, Sam!

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Did you know? A large portion of #lemur communication is done through scent. All ring-tailed lemurs have anogenital scent glands. In addition, male ring-tailed lemurs have darkly colored scent glands on the inside of their wrists (antebrachial glands) with a spur-like fingernail on each. Males also have scent glands on their chests (brachial glands), just above the collarbone and close to the armpit.
While males and females will both mark their territory with their anogenital scent glands, males will also rub the scent from their wrist glands and their chest glands together, creating a new scent, then use their spurs to ‘dig’ the scent into an object. Check out this video to see ring-tailed lemur female, Sassy, mark a pine tree followed by male ring-tailed lemur, Molson, re-marking the area!
#ringtailedlemur #conservation #lemurconservation #endangeredspecies #lcf #scentmarking

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A big thanks to all who attended our 2nd Annual World Lemur Festival yesterday and helped promote our event to build awareness about lemurs! And we are very grateful to partners Ringling College of Art + Design and New College of Florida. Stay tuned for highlights
and photos. #WLF2019
#lemurs
#conservation

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It’s here! Come show your lemur love! Make tracks to @rcadgoldsteinlibrary from 1pm to 4pm for this FREE lemur celebration. More info:
lemurreserve.org/whatsnew #WLF2019 #lemurs #sarasota #familyfun

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Tomorrow is the big day! Join us for our 2nd Annual World Lemur Festival. FREE, fun, educational, something for everyone! See you at @rcadgoldsteinlibrary! More info:
lemurreserve.org/whatsnew #WLF2019 #lemurs #sarasota #familyfun

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Video of silky sifaka soil consumption in Marojejy National Park: https://vimeo.com/143107540 - a highlight of Dr. Erik Patel's presentation "Saving Madagascar's Lemurs: The World's Most Endangered Primates." LCF programs focus on this critically endangered lemur. Thanks to all for attending and The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature for inviting us to participate in their Think + Drink science program. The Planetarium was a fantastic venue! #lemurs #endangeredspecies #conservation

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Get your tickets now for tonight’s “Saving Madagascar's Lemurs: The World's Most Endangered Primates.” LCF’s Dr. Erik Patel presents at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton, 7pm-9pm. Details and tickets:
http://bit.ly/lemursbishop

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We can’t wait to see you at this FREE, fun-filled event! Come celebrate lemurs with us. More info: lemurreserve.org/whatsnew #WLF2019 #lemurs #sarasota #familyfun

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Thanks to a grant from @seacology_photos to several local communities near Marojejy National Park's entrance, our Madagascar team is currently rebuilding 4 bungalows and toilet/shower buildings at Camp 1 of Marojejy. This is the most visited camp in the SAVA region and was badly destroyed by Cylcone Enawo in 2017. The first two bungalows have already been completed with tremendous community participation and collaboration from MNP. Eco-tourism, a primary objective of the Lemur Action Plan, has declined in Marojejy nearly every year for the past five years partly due to failing infrastructure. These new bungalows will give a vital boost to Marojejy’s eco-tourism.

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LCF's Dr. Erik Patel presents “Saving Madagascar's Lemurs: The World's Most Endangered Primates” at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton Oct. 9, 7pm-9pm. Join us for this Think + Drink science program in The Planetarium. Details and tickets: http://bit.ly/lemursbishop

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Marked your calendar? Check! Invited your friends? Check! Can hardly wait to celebrate lemurs? Check! We can’t wait to see you! More info:
lemurreserve.org/whatsnew #WLF2019 #lemurs #sarasota

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Don’t miss a special screening of the stop motion animation “Two Balloons,” voted Best Animated Short in the 2019 Sarasota Film Festival. This beautiful film features two air-faring lemurs falling in love across the skies. Join us at our 2nd Annual World Lemur Festival on Saturday, October 12, to enjoy the film. More info: lemurreserve.org/whatsnew #WLF2019 #lemurs #sarasota

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