Trunkline Magazine (Louisville Zoo) September 2018 | Page 7

You Helped Save Animals
Did you know? 25 cents from every Louisville Zoo general admis-
sions ticket and $1 from every membership goes to conservation.
Collectively, these quarters and dollars can make a huge impact! Just by
visiting the Zoo or becoming a member, you play an important part in
helping vital conservation efforts around the world.
Pan African Sanctuary
Alliance Member:
Colobus Conservation
One of our wildlife partners is
the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance
(PASA), the only alliance of wildlife
sanctuaries and global conserva-
tion experts working across Africa
to protect primates and their forest
and savannah homes.
Africa’s primates are rapidly
disappearing. Many are hunted for
profit, food, or as “pests” because
they compete with humans for
natural resources as human popu-
lations expand into their habitats.
Habitat destruction for palm oil,
mining, logging, oil development,
human settlement and agricul-
ture are consuming the remaining
primate habitats at an alarming
rate. PASA assists sanctuaries to
work directly with local communi-
ties to change human behaviors
that impact the everyday survival of
primates and their habitats.
Colobridges
If you’ve been watching the
construction of the new Colobus
Crossing exhibit at the Zoo, you
may have noticed some overhead
passages being built for the colobus
monkeys. Did you know the inspira-
tion for these “colobridges” is born
from the dangers colobus monkeys
face in the vanishing wild?
Kenya is home to a spectacular
range of wildlife including colobus
monkeys. Their biggest threat is
habitat loss — but they also face
danger from power lines, dogs,
hunters, poisoning and vehicle ac-
cidents. Colobus Conservation, one
of PASA’s dedicated
members, helps to
build unique “colo-
bridges” over roads
to give monkeys
alternative routes.
Colobridges are set
Above: Black and white colobus monkeys.
five meters above
the tarmac and span
to prevent monkeys from getting
the width of the road,
too close, while still keeping them
stabilized on either end by either
within sight in order to give tourists
trees or poles. These bridges are
the opportunity to observe them. By
used by primates and other tree-
dwelling wildlife such as squirrels to finding this balance, everyone wins!
cross safely.
Colobus Con-
servation helps
not just the
colobus monkey,
IN KENTUCKY
but all monkey
species found
Ford in Louisville for over 100 years
in the region.
They also do
public outreach
work to reduce
conflict between
people and ba-
boons, sykes and
vervet monkeys,
which are eager
to pursue hu-
man foods and
have a reputa-
Ford is proud of being part of
tion of being
the Louisville community for
pests throughout
over 100 years.
Kenya. Colobus
Conservation
works with local
hotels and res-
taurants to teach
their staff how
Driving a Brighter Future
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