Arbitrarily assigned conservation status protects owl monkeys, but designates hippos Public Enemy Numero Uno. CALI, Colombia––What a difference 15 million years makes! The most distant ancestors of Colombian owl monkeys, a subspecies of night monkey, are believed to have floated across the then much narrower South Atlantic ocean circa 30 million years ago on logs […]
Igor, 58, ex-laboratory gibbon
Igor, 58, a male gibbon who had resided at the International Primate Protection League sanctuary in Summerville, South Carolina since 1987, was euthanized on October 13, 2014, three days after suffering a stroke that left his right side paralyzed and not responding to treatment. “Igor could not swing or climb,” IPPL founder Shirley McGreal told […]
Primatologist Geza Teleki, 77
Member of IPPL advisory board since 1978 Geza P. Teleki, 77, died on January 6, 2014 at his home in Budapest, Hungary, “with his beloved wife Heather McGiffin and son Aidan with him,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal e-mailed to ANIMALS 24-7. “Geza was a member of the […]
Primatarium & IPPL/U.K. founder Cyril Rosen, 86
Cyril Rosen, 86, died on December 21, 2013 at his home in Castletown on the Isle of Mann. Born in London, a son of the founder of the Nesor dental supply company, Rosen grew up with “a large collection of pets, including dogs, cats, ducks, geese and chickens,” recalled the Daily […]