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With fuzzy gray
fur, long tails, and comical white rims around their large
eyes and mouths, the Popa langur monkeys of Myanmar look like
they could be the cutest addition to the Muppets family. But
sadly, the future looks bleak for these newly-discovered
primates. Much like their namesake, the sacred Mount Popa — a
dead former-volcano — they too could soon be
extinct. Scientists only discovered the Popa langur
recently, by which point their population had plummeted to
only 200-260 remaining members. Nowadays, they huddle in four disparate
communities, with their numbers continuing to dwindle further
and further.
Humans are the Popa
langur's largest threat to survival. Through our
clear-cutting of forests, logging for timber and fuel,
agricultural fields for livestock, and of course worsening
climate change, we have been destroying these precious
creatures' homes and cutting their lives short. If we want the
last few Popa langur to rebound and continue on into the
future, then we need to make some changes now. And the best
way to do that is by involving international wildlife
authorities. That's why we're calling on the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to help save
these primates. Urge CITES and the IUCN to list the Popa langur
as a threatened species and immediately begin to enforce
protections for these endangered primates!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
B.
The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. Once upon
a time, Popa langur monkeys lived all over the country of
Myanmar, but most have perished. Tell international conservation organizations to
help protect these primates! |
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