Our SOS Pri­ma­tes collea­gues were at Zoo-Aqua­rium Madrid sha­ring infor­ma­tion about pri­ma­tes and the threats they face, whi­le also collec­ting dona­tions for CRPL, Lwi­ro Pri­ma­tes, in the Demo­cra­tic Repu­blic of Con­go. In recent times, the cen­ter has been affec­ted by ongoing con­flict in the region, whe­re not only humans suf­fer the con­se­quen­ces. War leads to the des­truc­tion of pri­ma­te habi­tats and increa­ses the con­sum­ption of bush­meat by armed groups ope­ra­ting in the forest.

Sep­tem­ber 1st marks Inter­na­tio­nal Pri­ma­te Day.

In the pho­tos, you can see Kitu­tu, a young orpha­ned red-tai­led mon­key who arri­ved at CRPL some time ago in a cage made of vines and bran­ches by poa­chers, after being con­fis­ca­ted by autho­ri­ties. Sadly, he did not sur­vi­ve to adulthood.

To help ani­mals like him, our volun­teers María, Mari­sa, Mar, and Aita­na gave their time and energy. We are very gra­te­ful for their com­mit­ment. We also thank Zoo-Aqua­rium Madrid for sup­por­ting our work.