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Madagascar: Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG)

Conservation at a Glance

• Founded in 1998 at the request of the Malagasy government, MFG is a consortium of zoos and other organizations working together to conserve Madagascar’s wildlife.  The Zoo financially supports the ongoing efforts of MFG, and our past president served on the MFG’s Steering Committee.
• Zoo staff has participated in the MFG black and white ruffed lemur reintroduction project in Betampona Reserve.  To supplement the small wild population of lemurs, three groups of zoo-born lemurs have been reintroduced to this area of lowland rainforest in eastern Madagascar.  One reintroduced lemur has even gone on to successfully breed with a wild lemur!
• Another successful reintroduction project involved lesser bamboo lemurs in the Ivoloina Forest. Released in 1999, these animals continue to thrive.
• MFG provides support to Parc Ivoloina, a zoo, botanical garden, environmental education center and nature reserve that provides local people with a chance to see and learn about their unique wildlife heritage.
• MFG funds field research projects on many species of lemurs but also on a variety of reptiles, amphibians, birds and plants on Madagascar, such as the side-necked turtle and the Madagascar pond heron.
• To ensure a future for Madagascar’s wildlife, MFG works with the Malagasy government on conservation planning.