Move all together for our friends the lemurs #MyMadagascar #MahajangaMaVille

1 November 2018

Move all together for our friends the lemurs #MyMadagascar #MahajangaMaVille

Move all together for our friends the lemurs.

I like to move it move it ! It is on this tune sung by Julien the lemur in the famous animated film "Madagascar" which was celebrated the day world of lemurs !

In Madagascar, the day is celebrated each year with a festival of the lemurs at the initiative of the Group of study and research on Primates. The festival is also celebrated worldwide at the end of October and in early November, across America, Europe and Asia. From Japan to the Canada, through the United States, the Germany and the Hungary. List of planned celebrations.

Move all together for our friends the lemurs

Bougeons TOUS ensemble pour nos amis les lémuriens by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.

In keeping with the theme «» Lemurs : national heritage, friends to protect », WWF encourages the population to protect the forest, lemurs Habitat, through actions like the use of homes improved (fatana mitsitsy) that save the wood, and the sustainable management of forests by the villagers themselves. Join the celebration by sharing your photos and videos on social networks that support the protection of these unique animals.

The celebration will be held in the capital Antananarivo in Madagascar the 10 and 11 November with the program of awareness on the protection of the lemurs, conferences debates, ….

And regions are not left ! The festival of lemurs in the city of Toliara with the theme "Let the lemurs in freedom" is organized at the initiative of WWF and the Regional Directorate for the environment, Ecology and forestry in order to respect the right of the lemurs to live in freedom in their natural habitat.
As soon as the 25 and 26 October, information on the lemurs sessions will take place in schools of the city of Toliara. Total, 500 students will take part. The 27 October, a great Carnival of lemurs will cross the city, animated by the drums of the Bloco Malagasy NGO Bel future percussion group.
The festival at Toliara aims to make known to the public the importance of protecting these iconic primates of Madagascar, as well as to protect their habitat, including the Maki (Lemur catta) and the sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) who live in the forest dry region of Toliara.

Endangered animals
Two emblematic lemurs of Madagascar are particularly endangered : ringed tailed lemur (Lemur catta) or Maki, in the South of Madagascar, or even the silky wounded, Propithecus candidus in the forests of the Highlands of Northern Madagascar.

Ringed tailed lemur :
It is easily recognizable thanks to its long ringed tail lemur. It lives mainly in the forest of thorn in the South and in the dry forest of Western Madagascar as well as in the mountains of Andringitra. Scientists estimate that the lemurs to tail ringed Madagascar population declined from 50% en 36 years. The reasons for this decrease are the continued degradation of their habitat and intensive poaching. Thus, It is rated "endangered" on the IUCN Red list.

Silky wounded : It is one of the lemurs most highly endangered in Madagascar. He lives in the forests of high altitude in the North of Madagascar. There are about 250 adult individuals to date and that population tends to decline because of the massive destruction of its natural habitat and hunting. It is therefore classified "in critical danger of extinction' on the IUCN Red list.

By Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga