After writing an article last week on if the UN was making a mistake in their plans for gorilla conservation, titled “Are Gorillas Doomed, Is the UN Making a Huge Mistake,” I got a lot of great feedback from readers. In the article I pointed out some of the things that we as individuals can do to help gorillas. Reader, naturalist, and artist Dave Derrick commented that there is an art for gorillas program on the Year of the Gorilla 2009 Website (http://www.yog2009.org) that he is a part of. Special thanks to Dave for pointing this out. You can check out Dave’s Artwork who’s proceeds go to gorilla conservation here. The art for gorilla program also has some fine photographic prints available for sale.
I encourage everyone to check out the Year of the Gorilla 2009 Website. Even if you do not want to buy artwork, you can check out the list of conservation projects that the CMS Gorilla Agreement has laid out, including how much money is needed to be raised for each project. Gorillas are at a huge risk of going into extinction. We must do our part to make sure that these animals live on for the next generation. Let us have a legacy of action and preservation to give to the next generation, not destroying everything and leaving it to everyone else to pick up the pieces.
Here is a list of The Year of the Gorilla Events going on around the world. Including one event keynoted by Craig Stanford, my old professor of anthropology at USC. If you are in the Los Angeles area August 29th, he is an excellent speaker and very knowledgeable on primates. Show your support by attending an event near you and taking action.
