How You Can Help

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Six Steps for Saving Primates

There are so many simple things we can all do to help save endangered species all over the world.

The main reason these animals are hunted in the first place is because there is demand for them.  This means that people want them; either as pets, for use as tourist attractions or for their body parts.  If we can stop the demand for them, then no money can be made from hunting them and there will be no reason to take them and there will be no reason to take them from the forest in the first place.

People power is HUGE and you'd be surprised at how much our voices count when it somes to making a difference.

The following are just some of the easy ways you can help STOP endangered primates from being hunted.


1. DON'T SUPPORT THE INTERNET CRAZE

There has been a craze on the internet recently of people 'tickling' their pet loris and posting videos on the internet.

Whilst this may look amusing, it is actually a stress response from the loris and means the loris is very anxious.

Loris die easily from stress. You can actively help loris simply by writing to these people, or the internt providers, and try and get such videos banned.  these videos not only encourage keeping endangered primates as pets, they also encourage cruelty.


2. NEVER EVER KEEP A PRIMATE AS A PET

They may look cute, but primates should NEVER be kept as pets.

These are wild animals.  Primates never ever domesticate.  They will always want freedom, and will bite out of frustration and fear.  Traders will often pull out the teeth of an animal before they sell it (whilst its awake and with no anaesthestic!) because they know how dangerous they are.  If you have to pull the teeth out of an animal so it won't bite you, is it really a suitable pet?

Primates that are kept as pets often die from stress.

One of the big reasons primates are hunted is because they know someone, somewhere, will pay big money to keep it as a pet.  Do not let that person be you.


3. NEVER HAVE YOUR PHOTO TAKEN WITH ANY WILDLIFE AT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

As yourself; "Where did these animals come from?"  Often they will have been hunted form the wild, taken away from their mothers as tiny babies (their mothers are usually killed in the process), just so tourists will pay to be photographed with them.

By having your photograph taken with primates or other wildlife, you are directly supporting them being hunted and their families killed.

If all of us stopped haing our photograph taken with these animals, then there would be no money made out of it and it would stop.


4. DON'T STAND FOR IT!

Report any incidences of animals being kept illegally or in bad conditions.

If ou are on holiday or on a tour and you see wild animals on display - complain to the tour operator.

Better still, complain to the country's Tourism Board.  Make it known that tourism will suffer if they continue to allow cruelty to animals to continue.

If you think a tourist attraction is going to show animals in bad conditions DO NOT VISOT it.  By paying an entrance fee to visit these places, you are supporting what they do.

If companies think they will lose business by having these animals on display - they will stop.


5. DON'T EAT THEM

Believe it or not, many endangered animals are hunted because tourists will pay a high price to eat the meat of an exotic animal.

Never eat at restuarants that sell the meat of endangered animals (even if you don't eat wild meat - by eating in the restaurant you are supporting their business).  Never use Traditional Medicine made from any endangered animal.


6. TELL PEOPLE

This is the simplest and possibly effective way of helping save endangered species: Tell people about the problems and how they can help.

If we each told 3 people, who then went on to tell 3 people, who then went on to tell 3 people, can you imagine how quickly the message would spread?

Pass on the message that all of us can play a part in stopping these abusive trades.