NEXT EVENT:

Saturday October 4 & Sunday October 5

9am - 6pm

Cheshire Square

corner of La Vista and Cheshire Bridge

Apes in the Arts

Thanks to all who helped make this event a success!!

Thursday, March 6, 2008

7 p.m. — 9 p.m.
J. Tribble Antiques
747 Miami Circle, Atlanta, GA 30324

Featuring a silent auction of artwork by gorillas and orangutans

Framing by Antonio Raimo Galleries, Ltd.





http://www.apeconservationeffort.org/

Director of Karisoke Research Center to Speak at Zoo Atlanta

For the next installment of the Conservation Lecture Series, Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Katie Fawcett will report on gorilla conservation.

Director of the Karisoke Research Center of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International since 2002, Dr. Fawcett will speak about the current conservation status of gorillas and Rwanda's Karisoke Center, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and thus stands as one of the longest running field research programs in the world.

Dr. Fawcett received her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh where she studied the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees living in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. As director of the Karisoke Center, Dr. Fawcett oversees various activities, including daily monitoring of and research on the three 'Karisoke' groups of gorilla, which represent 1/3 of the remaining Virunga mountain gorilla population; research programs on the biodiversity of the Volcanos National Park and surrounding areas; education programs aimed at increasing the knowledge of park staff, university students and local communities about gorillas and biodiversity conservation; and the care of confiscated orphaned gorillas.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with complimentary beverages served from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.; lecture begins promptly at 7:00 p.m .

Admission: $5 for Members; $7 for non-Members. FREE for Serengeti and above Members!

Please RSVP by Friday, November 9.

Primates in peril

The edge of oblivion: conservationists name 25 primates about to disappear
Guardian Unlimited, October 26, 2007
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=7584

Orangutan Island

"Orangutan Island" is a new series featured on Animal Planet; it debuts on November 2nd
Here is a link to find out more about it:
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/orangutan-island/orangutan-island.html

$75,000 TO BORNEO REHABILITATION CENTER

ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY DIRECTS $75,000 TO BORNEO REHABILITATION CENTER

The Orangutan Conservancy, which raises funds and awareness on behalf of orangutan projects in Southeast Asia, today directed a $75,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation's Great Apes Fund to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project in Borneo to protect and care for the orphaned apes.

The funds will be used to construct new quarantine facilities, erect fences to protect island release habitats, and purchase fire-fighting equipment for the staff at Nyaru Menteng, which cares for over 600 injured and unwanted orangutans at its facility in Central Kalimantan.

The donation was announced at the Orangutan Species Survival Plan (SSP) Husbandry Workshop at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Recent Orangutan Workshop

Several of ACE's board members have just returned from a workshop held at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo which focused on orangutan conservation and care of orangutans in zoological settings. It was an international gathering of field scientists, zoo personnel, and academics all of whom are concerned about the critical nature of orangutan survival. Below are two links to related articles as a result of this meeting.


Brookfield experts make an appeal for the apes
Chicago Daily Herald, October 19, 2007
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=7569

Answers sought to save Asia's orangutans
Independent Online, October 19, 2007
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/scripts/external.php?link=7570

Hogle Zoo pitching in expertise to help save Bornean orangutans
http://origin.sltrib.com/ci_7202315