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 [...]
Save the date for the first edition of the SOS PRIMATES AWARDS, with these awards SOS Primates celebrates the people and institutions that work in favour of conservation and/or protect primates and the environment. Likewise, people and institutions that threaten those, will be negatively highlighted. When: 12th of November 2026 Where: Sala d'Actes Ramon Margalef, [...]
The past 19th of July SOS Primates was present at Barcelona Zoo for World Chimpanzee Day, which took place on the 14th of July. We have shared information about the work of LPRC, Lwiro Primates, in DR Congo, which houses orphan primates such as Ushiriki and Mussa who look left and right to the camera [...]
The past 14th of July was World Chimpanzee Day, a day only just suggested by recently deceased Dr Jane Goodall to alert about their status of conservation, whose populations are declining as human primate populations increase. As it is us who have lost the balance in coexisting in this planet and with the other living [...]
Already available our 2027 charitable calendar, in benefit of the marmoset and tamarin sanctuary of the Darwin Foundation, in Barcelona, that takes in these small primates from the illegal traffic, from confiscations, abandonment and rescues. This centre runs solely on volunteers, without any institutional support. https://www.darwin.cat/ With just a donation of €10 you can receive [...]
All the raffle numbers for the next SOS Primates draw have been assigned, and it will take place on the 27th of July. The prizes included can be seen in the poster and are detailed below. Prize list: Large gorilla plushie Handmade African mask (onwards, items marked with * are handmade) Primate glass Juvenile gorilla [...]
