We have started a project of distributing solidarity piggy banks in some establishments that have wanted to collaborate with SOS Primates and therefore with the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL), Lwiro Primates,, in the DRCongo. All you have to do is put the piggy bank in your establishment (be it a veterinary clinic, pet shop, [...]
Today we bring you some gorillas crocheted by our colleague and collaborator Lucía Gandarillas, who makes them and sends them to us from Cantabria in a disinterested way, so that we can get donations for the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL),Lwiro Primates. Actions like these help SOS Primates in its work to support the conservation [...]
SOS Primates invites you to the conference "Cousins of chimpanzees and relatives of Neanderthals". Genetics is one of the most powerful tools to understand our evolutionary success. Questions such as: Who are we and why are we the only primates to have colonised the entire planet? Are there human races? Do humans come from apes? [...]
The numbers for the SOSlidario raffle organised by SOS Primates are SOLD OUT. The raffle was originally intended to benefit the Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC) in Costa Rica, but its Director and friend Encar Garcia Vila has chosen to donate it to the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, as she was able to see the great work [...]
The prizes that were drawn on the 23rd of December are already with their winner. The winner was A.Fdez who gave the prize to S.Cadenas, who also participated in the draw. The raffles that we organise at SOS Primates help us to get donations for the CRPL, Lwiro Primates, so that we can do our [...]
From SOS Primates we encourage you to become a teamer of our NGO. For only 1 euro a month, which is tax deductible, you will be helping the primates that need it most, those that are the product of bushmeat consumption and are being torn from their family groups and from the jungles for illegal [...]
At the CRPL Lwiro Primates,, there are 199 primates to feed. Their diet is very varied and balanced, and although they do not only eat bananas, as many people think, these are a part of their diet. Up to 550 kg each week are bought from local farmers, investing in local economy and proximity. At SOS [...]
This year the Three Wise Men have come early for SOS Primates. A friend of ours, who prefers to remain anonymous, has made us these handicrafts by recycling various materials (jeans, milk cartons, paper bags, and many other things)... They are magnets in the shape of a gorilla, chimpanzee or orangutan, in a folder-shaped case, [...]
Next SOSliday raffle organised by SOS Primates, this time for the benefit of the Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC), in Costa Rica, to collaborate in the feeding and rehabilitation of the orphaned primates of this centre. The prize includes: -Snowflake cushion (original) -Snowflake Poster -Ceramic mask (Ceramic Art) -Snowflake plush toy (gift from JRC) -JRC cap [...]
On 23 December we shared our Christmas card... the next day we had very bad news. As you know, at the CRPL, Lwiro Primates have been fighting for weeks against a strong respiratory infection of viral origin that has affected many of the chimpanzees. It is not uncommon at this time of year for viruses [...]
