Zoo’s Lemur to Join Species Survival Plan
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The Santa Ana Zoo has sent its first animal to participate in the Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, which aims to prevent animal extinction.
Spot, a 4-year-old black-and-white ruffed lemur, has been sent to Duke University’s Primate Center, where she will be introduced to a male lemur from Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Mo.
The hope is that the two zoo-raised primates will mate and produce offspring. If they do, the entire clan will be released into the wild in Madagascar.
