SOS Primates is a group of people that is united by the desire to help primates from all around the world. Each one of us does what is possible from our place. One of the options is to carry material in the trips from the NGO to the spots where we have support groups so [...]
Another threat primates face is domestication, the demand for offspring by people who pay dealers to keep them as pets. Primates are powerful, growing up they may generate risks, they are possessive, and in a house, they can't satisfy their dietary, spatial, socialization, and caring requirements. Besides, it's not ethical. Also, you know that to [...]
Did you know that you can help the more than 200 orphan primates that live in the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in the DRCongo, for only 1 euro a month through the Teaming platform? It's safe, tax-deductible, and easy to join the group. We are 151 and we'd like to reach 200. 👀 To go [...]
In International Gorilla Day we'd like to highlight the work done by the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, regarding the protection of Grauer gorillas, an endemic species from the DRC, which means that they only live there. They live at the Kahuzi Biega National Park. From Lwiro, individuals help with veterinary, educational, and material support for the [...]
Today we receive with joy the acceptance of the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, as an accredited center by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS). Said accreditation means that CRPL fulfills the standards of animal care and welfare, which are revised in person, besides fulfilling the ethical values. It means a lot to said center, to [...]
Did you know that the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in the DRCongo, shelters more than 200 orphan primates that arrive due to wild animal meat consumption and the demand for offspring as pets, but also other species like turtles, gray parrots, pangolins, and one porcupine? In the photo, the last one, whose name is 'Muzungu', that [...]
We have already prepared the Christmas Lottery of SOS Primates to help, on this occasion, the Orangutan Foundation to save three species of orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra. The number is the same as always, and surely this year it's our turn 😃 You can already request your participation of 3 euros( 2'50 for the lottery and [...]
Today, because of International Primate Day, which was last Friday, SOS Primates has been at the Barcelona Zoo giving information and gathering funds for the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center, CRPL, Lwiro Primates, in the DRCongo. We'd like to thank the organization and the team of volunteers and workers for their excellent treatment, particularly our volunteers, [...]
Did you know that the CRPL, Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center also shelters pangolins? They are the most threatened mammals due to illegal animal trafficking. This occurs because of false beliefs in traditional medicine, that their scales and nails have properties. Besides, their meat is considered a delicacy in the Asian market. 'Sujaa' is the name [...]
SOS Primates is formed by a group of dedicated people who help in many ways, like delivering material of our NGO on their journeys to the establishments where we have support groups. Hence, the donations we gather with said material arrive wholely to the primates of the recovery centers we support, like 'Kakule', from the [...]
