Necker
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Thu 7 Jul 2016 12:02
Here is Kate with a lemur. A very large breeding programme for several species of lemur is underway on Necker, and has been startlingly successful almost from the get go. Lemurs are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity, but the environment on Necker clearly suits them.
Lemurs are about 100 species of very primitive primates, found only on Madagascar and some nearby islands, and most are under threat of extinction due to habitat loss. This one is one of a small group kept to entertain visitors and is not part of the conservation breeding programme. They really are delightful animals.
SIr Richard is also becoming big in the rare tortoise breeding world:
And he has managed to breed the extremely rare Anagada Rock Iguana, naturally found only on Anagada here in the BVI, though present as sub-fossils on many other islands. These very large lizards are critically endangered largely due to predation by rats and domestic and feral cats which the BVI government seems to lack the will to control. But here on Necker they are breeding with gusto and the island is almost over-run by iguanas of all ages lying around taking the sun:
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