Ian Johnston: “Conservationists are on the brink of despair over the plight of the lemur after an international appeal for funds to help save the world’s most endangered primates fell on deaf ears.
“About 90 per cent of all lemur species – including the only other primate apart from humans to have blue eyes – are at risk of extinction on their native island of Madagascar.
“But a major appeal for nearly £5m launched in 2013 has since raised less than 20 per cent of the target and conservation groups have now launched a new international body designed to reinvigorate the campaign.” Source: www.independent.co.uk
GR: So numerous the natural world’s problems and so distracted the average sports/fashion/television fan, the great dying, as we name our time, continues unabated. For those that care, the daily disasters are coming too fast. If only more of us could turn from our appetites and fears to perceive the world around us; if only we could see other creatures as having value; if we could, we would redirect our national energies to saving our Earth, our home. Please call out the places you find that enable public support for lemurs.
