Why are Ring-Tailed Lemurs endangered?

Answer 1

It is so, SO important to save these amazing creatures. My favourite animal is a lemur, and I think we should protect them from anything that is going to harm them, like cutting down their natural habitat.

Answer 2

The Ring Tailed Lemur is endangered because of habitat destruction and because they are now confined to one end of Madagascar. They are also endangered because they are getting hunted for food (bush meat) they are also kept as pets.

Answer 3

First, every animal plays important roles in its ecosystem, and those ecosystems are used by people for their survival. The forests of Madagascar prevent erosion (which destroys food production), provide firewood, attract ecotourists, and provide other services to the Malagasy people. Many lemurs eat fruit and act as seed dispersers, which helps keep the forest healthy.

Lemurs themselves attract tourists to Madagascar, bringing desperately needed income for a very impoverished nation.

Lemurs act as "flagship species," meaning that since they are the most popular animals in Madagascar's forests, the popularized efforts to protect them also protect their ecosystems and all the other not-so-well-known plants and animals that are a part of it.

Lemurs are also important to research. Because they are unlike other primates, they teach us a lot about ancestral primates and our origins. We still have a lot to learn about their unique adaptations.

Answer 4

Protection of the Ring-tailed Lemur ultimately depends upon the people of Madagascar. You can help by supporting conservation charities working in Madagascar and encourage your government to continue funding conservation programs in that poor nation. If you have the money, you can also travel to Madagascar and participate in ecotourism, making sure that as much of your money goes towards the people and their communities as possible. For example, a large percentage of national park entrance fees go directly to the local community, plus it gives them jobs. It also shows the people that their wildlife has economic value.

You can also help conservation efforts in the U.S. by visiting the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina and make a donation.

Answer 5

Ring-tailed lemurs are endangered because of loss of habitat. Humans are cutting down the trees which they live in.

Answer 6

we can stop the rainforest being cut down