Endangered animals news for Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry

In the late 1980s, Douglas Adams, creator of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and zoologist Mark Carwardine visited endangered animals around the world, hoping it would not be their "Last Chance To See". A BBC radio series and book followed, and beginning September 6th, 2009, a TV series sequel featuring Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine was broadcast on BBC2.
Compiled by Gareth Suddes

This site displays advertisements provided by Google. Google targets and serves these ads by analyzing the content on each page of this site, and also by using the DoubleClick DART Cookie. Google may use the DART cookie information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other internet websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Friday, April 15, 2005

AYE-AYE LEMURS - Baby Kintana at Bristol Zoo

BBC NEWS is among many sites reporting the first public appearance of Kintana, the baby aye-aye lemur born at Bristol Zoo in February 2005. The page also includes a link to a video report, with Kintana being fed by his keeper.

Kintana is also only the second aye-aye to be hand-reared in the world.

The zoo is hailing his birth as a key development in the long-term survival of aye-ayes, which are classified an endangered species.

And for more reports, here's The Guardian, The Scotsman
and a "Gollum" look-alike story at Childrens BBC Newsround.

Picture number 6 on the BBC's "In Pictures" feature has a great shot of the baby!

And for those in the Seattle area, on Saturday, April 16 2005 (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) there's a celebration of the lemurs of Madagascar with activities, information and special goodies in their "Leaping Lemur Day", Cougar Mountain Zoo, 19525 S.E. 54th St. Issaquah, WA 98207.

Labels: Aye-Aye Lemurs