The
DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing a
home for confiscated and retired laboratory primates.
In addition, the Conservancy serves as an educational
and scientific resource for students interested in
learning more about our closest relatives.
The DuMond
Conservancy is located in subtropical South Florida,
near Miami. The warm climate allows us to keep our
primates out-of-doors year round, either free ranging
in a lush, 4-acre forest, or in large enclosures planted
with natural vegetation and situated in secluded woods.
Mission: (1) To enhance welfare of nonhuman primate
populations and tropical forest ecosystems, and (2)
to emphasize the evolutionary, ecological and natural
history linkages among human and nonhuman primates
and tropical forests.
Get
an in depth look at these fascinating New World primates
- the only nocturnal monkey in the world! Find
out more about some of their truly interesting behaviors
and research being conducted right here at the DuMond
Conservancy
The DuMond Conservancy will host a festival to celebrate the island of Madagascar on Saturday February 7, 2008 at Monkey Jungle (SW 216th St. and 147th Ave.). Special emphasis is placed on the unique cultural and biological diversity of the island, as well as the threats facing both. Beginning at 2PM, the festival will feature plants and animals found only on Madagascar (e.g. lemurs, chameleons, tortoises, frogs, orchids, poinsettias), artwork produced by rural Malagasy people, presentations by scientists that work there, and will conclude at 4:30 with an authentic African performance by Drumming with Ndakhte. Display boards, educational signage, and PowerPoint presentations will be used to explain the exhibits, as well as personnel interpreting the materials. The culture of Madagascar is rooted in a multi-ethnic society and so bears a striking resemblance to the cultural diversity of Miami with its ties to the Caribbean and Central and South American. By making connections between cultures that are familiar and exotic we will raise awareness of the similarities we share with people on the other side of the world.
With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the 1st National Bank, and Monkey Jungle, Inc. MonkeyJungle.com, DuMondConservancy.org
Wolovich CK, Perea-Rodriguez JP and Fernandez-Duque
E (2008). Food transfers to young and mates in wild
owl monkeys (Aotus azarai). American Journal of Primatology
70(3): 211-221
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