In Madagascar, some villages believe that lemurs are actually their ancestors and do not believe in eating them. Because of this, I thought that I would not have to worry about running into poachers or hunters, but from the looks of this article by the BBC it turns out that researchers counted 223 indri (type of lemur) carcasses were being brought into villages for bush meat. As you probably remember from previous postings, lemurs have a very strict mating period and if they do give birth, in most cases, it results in only one baby/yr. The turn around rate is very low. I see both sides. The Malagasy people need meat to survive. The lemurs are endangered. It is a never-ending cycle. Let's just hope the cycle doesn't end for either side.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16138206
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