News Summary by Ricky

About 25 years ago, Patricia Wright flew to Madagascar (a small island near the Southern coast of Africa).  She was looking for a species of primate that people thought was extinct, the bamboo lemur.  She found, deep in the rainforest one group of the bamboo lemurs.  She knew right away that this group was not safe since the forests were being cut down.  She began talking to the government and asking them if they could make a safe park for the bamboo lemurs and other plant and animal species.  The government said yes, yet they were not the only ones that they needed to cooperate with.  They needed cooperation from the villagers whose homes might be inside the boundaries of the park.  Patricia Wright and some other workers talked to villagers so they could agree about the habitat’s boundaries.  They created a national park called Ranomafana.  Now the lemurs have a safe home.

I chose this story because I like protecting the environment that wild animals live in.  This story shows the potential for one person to change the world for the better.  I think that her change may last for so long that it might make it so that the bamboo lemurs will not be endangered anymore.  That change may take years to happen.  I like this story because it is not only about protecting animals, but it is also about protecting trees from being chopped down and turned into paper and pencils.  These are some reasons why “A Place for Primates” helps the world and why I chose the article.