Hānau ʻia nā māmela makaʻu loa o ka honua i ka wā COVID-19

ka Zoo ʻo Honolulu kūkala i ka hānau ʻana o ka māhoe nā lemur huehue, nā māmela makamae loa o ka honua. ʻO nā māhoe nā keiki a nā mākua ʻo Remi, he wahine ʻelima mau makahiki, a ʻo Finn, he kāne ʻehā makahiki. Ua hānau ʻia ko lāua kaikaina ʻo 10 mahina, ʻo Clark, ma ka Zoo o Honolulu ma ka lā 10 Iune, 2019. Ua hōʻea kaʻawale nā ​​mākia makua ʻelua ma ka Zoo ʻo Honolulu i ka hāʻule o ka makahiki 2018 me ka lana o ka manaʻo e hānau keiki. Ua hana ʻia me kēia mau māhoe ma ʻApelila 18, 2020, Lāpule Easter.

"Ua hauʻoli a pīhoihoi ka Zoo ʻo Honolulu i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lemurs hānau māhoe hou e hoʻonui i kā mākou hōʻiliʻili lemur a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēia laha e aneane pau ʻole," wahi a ka Luna Zoo o Honolulu ʻo Linda Santos. "Maikaʻi pū nā pēpē a me ka makuahine me ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa."

Ua helu ʻia nā lemur huehue me he mea weliweli a ʻike wale ʻia e noho ana i ka nāhelehele ma Madagascar. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia lākou no kā lākou mau huelo ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 2 kapuaʻi. ʻO ka manawa hānau no nā lemur ma kahi o 4.5 mau mahina.

Manaʻo ka International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) i nā lemur i nā māmela makaʻu nui loa o ka honua, e hoʻomaopopo ana a hiki i ka 2013, a hiki i ka 90 pākēneka o nā lemi āpau ke alo i ka make ma waena o 20 a 25 mau makahiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO kā lākou mea hoʻoweliweli nui ka hopu holoholona ʻana a me ka hei ʻana, ka ʻoki lāʻau ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana o ka lāʻau, a me ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā ululāʻau i ʻāina mahiʻai. Ua hana pū ka Zoo ʻo Honolulu me ka Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Ring-Tailed Lemur Species Survival Plan (SSP) e lawe i ka lua hānau i ka zoo.

ʻO nā primates, ka mea kū hoʻokahi i ka mokupuni ʻo Madagascar, hoʻoweliweli ʻia ma muli o ka nalowale ʻana o ka nohona mai ka mahiʻai, ka ʻoki lāʻau kū kānāwai ʻana, ka hana ʻana i nā lānahu a me nā mahi mining, e like me ka IUCN Eia kekahi, ʻo kēia luku mau ʻana i ka biodiversity hahau o ka lāhui holoʻokoʻa, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna hoʻomalu nui o Global Wildlife Conservation, ʻo Russ Mittermeier.

E noho ana nā lemur ʻelima ma ka Pae ʻāina Pua o Zoo ʻo Honolulu. Paʻa ka zoo i kēia manawa ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-5.