The SOS Primates awards recognise people and institutions that contribute to the preservation of primates and their habitat in the category “Primate conservation” award and appoint those that put their futures at risk through the “Threat to Primates” category. The Jury has decided to award the “Threat to Primates” award in this first edition to [...]
The SOS Primates awards recognise people and institutions that contribute to the preservation of primates and their habitat in the category “Primate conservation” (with a prize money of €1,000) and appoint those that put their futures at risk through the “Threat to Primates” award. The Jury has chosen to award the “Primate conservation” award in [...]
Would you like an original and exclusive gift? Look at these gorgeous bookmarks designed by Jennifer Fernández for SOS Primates. You can order yours for a donation of €1.5 each. The different designs represent a Red-shanked, Douc langur, red howler monkey, ring-tailed lemur, white-handed gibbon and common, squirrel monkeys. The money raised will help support [...]
Chikyhobbit was created by Silvia Fernández in 2010 by upcycling old socks to give them a new purpose as primates. Currently, Silvia buys multi coloured socks and makes by hand a wide range of toys perfect for children, and they come with an adoption certificate. Silvia helps SOS Primates donating 15% of each Chikyhobbit. Donations [...]
Today we would like to thank those of you who came to get to know our work to help primates all around the world, in particular, those 227 orphan primates that live in LPRC, Lwiro Primates, 14 different species, among them 130 chimpanzees, some as little as Jeje, in the picture. Of course, we thank [...]
From SOS Primates we would like to say a huge thank you to Carmen Palma for her generous donation of 80 surprise boxes and 10 handmade keyrings. Carmen is a huge animal lover and, in addition to helping us, she also helps other animal organisations, always showing her commitment and love for animals. These materials, [...]
We need suitcases (large, medium and small) to continue sending uniforms and other materials donated by Barcelona Zoo to different primate centres. In October we have the opportunity to send a lot of materials due to meetings that will take place in Barcelona, and we are lacking suitcases so that every representative is able to [...]
SOS Primates at the X Iberian Congress of Primatology organised by APE – Spanish Primatological Association, from the 25th to the 27th of November in Madrid. APE promotes scientific investigation for primate conservation, divulging and exchanging primatological knowledge and facilitating and establishing bonds between primatologists and institutions with similar goals. Raúl Cabrera Porcel, president and [...]
Can you guess how much it costs to feed the over 200 primates that live at LPRC, Lwiro Primates annually? In 2025 the expense raised to $101,311.09, an equivalent of €86,000. Imagine the huge effort of the LPRC to maintain these animals, and that figure only includes the expenses of the nutrition department… there are [...]
Do you know of any administrative agency in Barcelona or within the province that would like to help us? SOS Primates is quickly growing and since 2012 until now we were able to do everything ourselves. Every little helps and every bit of help is welcomed, we continue to work hard to help the orphans [...]
