Florida wildlife centre brings endangered lemurs to help restore Madagascar forest

A wildlife centre in North Florida has welcomed two red-ruffed lemurs, turning encounters with the critically endangered animals into a way to support rainforest restoration thousands of miles away in Madagascar. The North Florida Wildlife Center in Lloyd, Jefferson County, is now home to four ruffed lemurs. Two of them, newly arrived red-ruffed lemur males, are being gradually introduced to their new surroundings and trained for the centre’s lemur encounter programme, according to WTXL and WCTV. But their role extends beyond educating visitors.The centre says proceeds and support generated through its animal encounters and conservation work help fund habitat restoration in Madagascar, including efforts to plant thousands of trees each year.