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
Book
Drive!
The
Family Literacy Center at the South Dade Labor Camp
is seeking donations of books in English and Spanish. Books
suitable for elementary and middle school students
are particularly welcome. Form more
information contact the DuMond
COnservancy.
All the owl monkeys at the DuMond Conservancy for Primates
and Tropical
Forests have a name and a personality to go with it.
Jeffrey Weingarth has been
coming to the Conservancy for a few years now through
a program for mentally
handicapped students of Southridge High School in South
Dade to participate in the
care of the primates on the premises....[Read
More]
The
DuMond Conservancywould like to thank everyone who was
able to make it out the the Improv Comedy Club in June 2005. The night was successful in providing not only
laughs, but support for the Conservancy as well. Thank
you.
There are more ways to get involved.
From making a donation to volunteering opportunities
to the Adopt-a-Primate program, there are ways to support
the Conservancy. To find out more, click
here.
EXCEPTIONAL HELP
Students from Southridge High's exceptional students
program visit places like Monkey Jungle each week to
get job experience.
by Elizabeth Caram
ecaram@herald.com
"Monkeys let out high-pitched squeals and swing
from branch to branch when students from Southridge
High visit their Jungle each Thursday.
It sounds like a good time, but they are not there to
monkey around -- they all have work to do."...[Read
More]
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