SOS Primates is made by SOSlidary people, like the wood craftsman Coqui Vega who makes beautiful objects from recycled wood pallets such as furniture, and nest boxes, among other crafts. He participates in markets where he gives a part of the proceeds to different animal shelters (you can take a [...]
On October 14th SOS Primates met with Gregg Tully, executive director of PASA Primates: Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, the federation of sanctuaries and African primates rehabilitation centres; and with Montserrat Ubach, president of Darwin, for the Preservation of Marmosets and Tamarins, a rehabilitation centre for callitrichids, in Barcelona. SOS Primates collaborates with DARWIN through Raúl [...]
There are many ways to help SOS Primates. Today we introduce you to a friend and collaborator, Natalia García Mestres, who is a veterinary nurse, animal caretaker and dancer, and is always willing to give us a hand in everything we need, be it attending fairs or getting donations, among others. Besides, together with Jade, she [...]
We were happy to share the news with you today that the CRPL, Lwiro Primates was the winner by the number of donors (842) in the Giving Day For Apes 2021. The Giving Day For Apes is an annual event to raise donations in all the primate sanctuaries, and in which the money [...]
We finished the day tired but very satisfied with our participation in the 5th edition of the Fira de Entitats Animalistes in Sabadell, Barcelona. We have distributed information, given a talk and collected donations from the people who have stopped by our stand. We want to thank the whole organisation, especially [...]
Tomorrow SOS Primates will be at the Fira d'Entitats Animalistes Sabadell, in the province of Barcelona. We will have a stand with our handicrafts made in DR Congo (dolls, Nativity scenes, among others) and other materials done by us (calendars, lottery tickets). With these products, we collect donations to feed the little orphans of the [...]
We need someone for occasional translations from Spanish to English for our website and other projects. It's volunteer work which makes this association possible. Contact at: info@sosprimates.org Every primate we help, including Sagesse in the picture, will thank you.
Today is International Gorilla Day, perhaps you don't know that by helping SOS Primates you are also protecting them, through our constant support of donations to the CRPL (Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre), Lwiro Primates. At times the centre has received confiscated baby gorillas from the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, very close to the centre, like the [...]
On #internationalprimateday, we want to share a claim and a dream. All species are important. Although some are more mediatic, like chimpanzees (in the photo Aziza, from the CRPL, Lwiro Primates) and gorillas. All of them deserve our attention and protection. They all have names, like the owl monkey in the photo, Muzuri from the [...]
This weekend SOS Primates will be in Madrid and Barcelona. Tomorrow, the 11th September, we will be at the Fuenlanimal festival, organised by the Canine Association of Leganés, Acogida Animal and Fuenlabrada City Council from 5pm to 10pm, in Parque de la Fuente (C/ de las Heras s/n 28944 Fuenlabrada, Madrid). On Sunday 12th September, [...]
