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Off I went for 18 days, armed with my mosquito net and my
pack full of protein bars, field clothes and notebooks. I visited our
Malagasy colleagues who smiled broadly at the thought of some
extra help with their projects, from the fishponds, to monitoring
lemurs in newly protected young forests, to some good old-
fashioned zoo keeping in a local zoo. The benefit of exchanging
knowledge and providing assistance is priceless.
More than ever I am motivated to work harder to achieve our
mission, on a daily basis, here on the ground. Gaining this new
perspective has forever changed me, and that’s what I hope we
can do for the rest of our DLC team. Maybe even the whole
planet! Call me an optimist, but doing nothing is never an option.
So, I am busily trying to make realistic plans for a new program
that will help get more DLC staff over to Madagascar, to see our
conservation work there up close and personal. The logistics can
be a bear, not to mention securing the long term funding. No
matter what the details, the connections for us will last a lifetime
– and hopefully for many lemur lifetimes.
A most extraordinary trip
Continued
Britt documents her trip.
Guardian of the rice against rats at Camp 2 : a Madagascar tree boa,
Sanzinia madagascariensis
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Photo by Charlie Welch