#babylemur

A new baby lemur will now call Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary his home! The Arizona Game & Fish Department contacted us recently regarding the permanent housing of a young lemur who was found living on the streets with his owner. He arrived a little over a month ago and so far is happy with his new home and new lemur friends!

Although little is known about this young lemur life prior to now, he is approximately seven months old and appears to be in good health and of normal weight. He spent his first days with us in separate quarantine so he could be overseen by our veterinarian and receive all of his necessary vaccinations and health tests.

HPZS has a family group of four lemurs already within the animal collection. Our hope was to introduce him to our existing lemur family.  This process can be challenging and involves a slow introductory process to allow him as well as the other lemurs to acclimate to each other before being allowed full contact with each other. Lemurs form tight familial bonds and often reject new members. Thankfully, with careful, tireless work from our staff, we were able to successfully integrate him into the population. It’s now been a few weeks and they’ve all been co-habitating nicely.

We never know what sort of animal we’ll be called to help with, but we’ll always provide care to any animal in need. We must always be ready for any new animal to join our collection, and thanks to the work of our Keepers, area organizations, partners and associates, animals like this one receive the care and attention they need. We’re grateful to have this rescued lemur as a new member of our sanctuary, and we hope you’ll soon come by to see him for yourself!