RING-TAILED LEMUR DONATION FUND
*Endangered USESA
THREATS TO THE SPECIES
Subsistence farming in Madagascar has ensured that only 1/10th of the natural habitat remains. The Ring-tailed lemur was and may still be hunted for his beautiful tail. The tails are turned into key rings and sold as souvenirs.
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BLACK & WHITE RUFFLED DONATION FUND
*Endangered USESA
THREATS TO THE SPECIES
Black and White ruffed lemurs are large lemurs feeding on large fruits. When deforestation occurs the larger trees are cut down first and so the Black and White Ruffed Lemur is the first to disappear. They are also poached for the bush meat and
pet trades.
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BROWN HOWLER MONKEY DONATION FUND
*Critically endangered IUCN
THREATS TO THE SPECIES
Howlers are hunted for their meat, fur and voice box. The voice box is used as water carriers and hand bags. It is believed that if you drink the blood that runs through the voice box you will have a beautiful singing voice and will experience painless births. Learn more about Howler Monkeys

WHITE HANDED GIBBON DONATION FUND
*Endangered USESA
THREATS TO THE SPECIES
Gibbons form part of both the pet and Bush meat trades. To catch a Gibbon is not very easy because they are upper canopy dwellers and move very fast through the trees. To catch the Gibbon the poachers shoot and kill the mother carrying the baby. The male will come in to defend his family and the poachers will shoot and kill the male as well. Nine times out of ten the babies die in the fall. Therefore for each single gibbon sold into the trade 10 to 15 die along the way.

They are seen as a delicacy and the brains are seen as the best part of the meal. When the brains are eaten they are preferred as fresh as possible. This means that the Gibbons are brought to the table alive and they begin to eat the brains while the primate is still alive. This in turn means that for each Gibbon sold to be eaten 10 to 15 die.
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BROWN CAPUCHIN DONATION FUND
*Endangered USESA
THREATS TO THE SPECIES
Capuchin monkeys are trained for a number of different things and are big favorites as pets. Neither works out very well because firstly the Capuchin has an average life expectancy of 40 years and so generally out lives the trainer or owner. This is a huge problem because in captivity they choose only one owner or loved one. The Capuchins become so emotionally attached to this individual that without them the monkey gives up all will to live. The monkey will stop eating and drinking and will slowly starve itself to death. The Capuchin will become very protective over his loved one and will become aggressive to the point of biting towards anybody he sees as a threat to his loved one. This trade in Capuchins coupled with the destruction of their natural habitat places the species into a cites
11 classification.
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