The past 24th of March we woke up to the sad news of the passing of Dr. Biruté Galdikas, one of the biggest worldwide experts in orangutans, who dedicated 55 years towards their conservation, including biological discoveries until then unknown, which made her a brilliant scientist, primatologist and conservationist. From SOS Primates we send our [...]
With the proximity of the Sant Jordi calebration, you can collaborate with @SOS Primates, both through roses and by ordering our charitable book from which part of the donation prize, the author will destine to keep supporting LPRC, Lwiro Primates, with their impeccable job looking after primates. In this photo, a [...]
On International Women’s day we want to extend our gratitude to all the women that work at LPRC, Lwiro Primates and at the Heri Kwetu Centre, in Bukavu, both at DRCongo. In the first case, the women, being carers such as Janine or veterinaries that lead the guided tours, like Lina; look after the wellbeing [...]
On the last few days we have been asked about Punch the monkey, who as you know has gone viral in the last few weeks. Punch is a baby Japanese macaque that couldn’t be brought up by its mum, and who as far as we know (without knowing all the details) was raised by the [...]
SOS Primates introduces the new chimpanzees in their sponsorship program: Mara, Félix and our beloved Nishuli. We want to show our gratitude to the sponsors of Mado and Shabunda for their collaboration. We will continue to inform them regularly through social media, according to the information we receive from LPRC, Lwiro Primates. Who is Mara? [...]
A little while back SOS Primates visited the horse and other farm animal sanctuary of the Asociación de defensa de los équidos, Protectora de caballos (ADE) (association for the defence of equids, horse protector). This is one of the refuges the centre keeps thanks to donations and guided tours. The centre visited houses 43 horses, [...]
SOS Primates introduces the new chimpanzees in their sponsorship program: Mara, Félix and our beloved Nishuli. We want to show our gratitude to the sponsors of Mado and Shabunda for their collaboration. We will continue to inform them regularly through social media, according to the information we receive from LPRC, Lwiro Primates. Who is Félix? [...]
On the 21st of November, @SOSprimates had the pleasure of visiting Josep Maria Jujol school, in Barcelona, to share a talk with the five-year-olds from “Els Micos” (The monkeys) class along with their colleagues from the group “Els Trens” (the trains). In this session, we covered the different primate species and the threats they face. We [...]
At SOS Primates, we support the Orangutan Foundation (OF) with the "This year we help..." campaign for 2024. They sent us these images showing the transport cages they were able to build with our donation, as well as the camera traps used to report the diversity of species in the jungles. The photos depict a [...]
We now have all the assigned numbers for the upcoming SOS Primates raffle. It will take place on November 28th. Search for your name, and good luck to everyone! The prize includes all the items shown in the photo. The winning number will be the one that matches the last three digits of the 1st [...]
