The I-Honolulu Zoo umemezele ukuzalwa kwewele ama-lemurs anomsila, izilwane ezincelisayo ezisengozini kunazo zonke emhlabeni. La mawele ayinzalo yabazali uRemi, owesifazane oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, noFinn, owesilisa oneminyaka emine ubudala. Umfowabo oneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, uClark, wazalelwa e-Honolulu Zoo ngoJuni 10, 10. Bobabili ama-lemurs angabazali bafika ngokwehlukana e-Honolulu Zoo ekwindla ka-2019 benethemba lokuthola inzalo. Lokho kwenzeke nala mawele ngo-Ephreli 2018, 18, ngeSonto lePhasika.
"I-Honolulu Zoo iyajabula futhi iyajabula ukuba namawele amabili asanda kuzalwa ukunweba ukuqoqwa kwethu kwama-lemur nokusiza ukuqhubekisela phambili ukongiwa kwalezi zilwane ezisengcupheni yokushabalala," kusho uMqondisi we-Honolulu Zoo uLinda Santos. "Zombili izingane nomama benza kahle ngokubambisana nomndeni wonke."
Ama-lemurs omsila okhalisiwe afakwe kuhlu njengengozini futhi angatholakala kuphela ehlathini laseMadagascar. Zaziwa ngemisila yazo eboshiwe engamamitha amabili ubude omnyama nomhlophe. Isikhathi sokukhulelwa kwama-lemurs cishe izinyanga eziyi-2.
I-International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ibheka ama-lemurs njengezilwane ezincelisayo ezisengozini enkulu emhlabeni, iphawula ukuthi kusukela ngo-2013, amaphesenti angama-90 azo zonke izinhlobo zama-lemur abhekene nokuqothulwa eminyakeni engama-20 kuya kwengama-25 ezayo. Izinsongo zabo eziyinhloko ukuzingela nokucupha, ukugawula imithi nokugawula izinkuni, nokuguqula amahlathi abe yindawo yokulima. I-Honolulu Zoo isebenze ngokubambisana ne-Association of Zoos and Aquariums '(AZA) Ring-Tailed Lemur Species Survival Plan (SSP) ukuletha lezi zibani ezizalanayo e-zoo.
Ama-primates, ahlukile esiqhingini saseMadagascar, asongelwa ngenxa yokulahleka kwendawo ngenxa yezolimo, ukugawulwa kwemithi ngokungemthetho, ukukhiqizwa kwamalahle nezimayini, ngokusho kwe-IUCN. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu kubhujiswa okuqhubekayo kunomthelela ekuhlaselweni kwezinhlobonhlobo zesizwe sisonke, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seGlobal Wildlife Conservation uRuss Mittermeier.
Ama-lemurs ama-5 ahlala e-Honolulu Zoo's Primate Islands. I-zoo ihlala ivaliwe ngalesi sikhathi ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19.
